Overview
- Justice Mini Pushkarna said Friday the court will issue an interim order on Shashi Tharoor’s suit and summoned the Centre, Meta, and X to respond within four weeks.
- Meta told the court the flagged Instagram links were made inaccessible Friday morning, but Tharoor’s counsel said identical clips keep resurfacing at new URLs.
- Tharoor’s plea alleges unknown actors used AI to clone his face, voice, and mannerisms to fabricate videos that portray him praising Pakistan and belittling India’s diplomacy.
- The requested relief includes swift takedowns, a dynamic injunction to capture reposts, and faster action under India’s IT Rules, with Meta offering basic subscriber and IP details for the flagged links.
- The case extends a growing line of Delhi High Court actions on personality rights, following a Thursday hearing where the court said it would shield entrepreneur Aman Gupta from fake endorsements, merchandise, chatbots, and AI clones.