The Bombay High Court allowed Union Minister Nitin Gadkari to file a civil suit against Meta, Google and X over alleged defamatory AI-generated deepfakes linked to the ethanol fuel programme.
Key Highlights
- The Bombay High Court allowed Union Minister Nitin Gadkari to file a civil suit against Meta, Google and X over alleged defamatory AI-generated deepfakes linked to the ethanol fuel programme.
- Gadkari heads the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
- Such permission is required when a part of the cause of action arises outside the territorial jurisdiction of the Bombay High Court, enabling it to entertain the proposed civil suit.
- Arguments Presented Before the Court Appearing for Gadkari, advocate Sandeep Ladda argued that the “defamatory posts and AI-generated deepfake content” are available to users in Maharashtra.
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