• Alarming! After Katrina Kaif, Rashmika Mandanna's viral posts Shubman Gill and Sara Tendulkar become victims of Deepfake

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    Alarming! After Katrina Kaif, Rashmika Mandanna's viral posts Shubman Gill and Sara Tendulkar become victims of Deepfake
    A picture of Indian cricketer Shubman Gill and Sara Tendulkar has lately gone viral on the internet. 

    Digital Desk: Shubhman Gill and Sara Tendulkar's rumoured relationship frequently creates a lot of talk on social media. The two are usually adored by people due to their social media and public personas, even if they have never responded to such rumours. The pair is now in the news for pretty alarming reasons in the most recent incident. The internet has been buzzing recently with reports of deepfake images of Katrina Kaif and Rashmika Mandanna; Shubman and Sara are the latest victims.

    A picture of Indian cricketer Shubman Gill and Sara Tendulkar has lately gone viral on the internet. The batter and Sara are seen smiling warmly for the camera as Sara is seen hugging Shubhman.

    At first, fans thought the two had officially announced their relationship, but other internet users soon pointed out that the photo was Photoshopped. Notably, Sara Tendulkar is pictured alongside her brother Arjun Tendulkar in the original photograph.
    At first, Rashmika Mandanna was the target of a modified image.


      
    The actress expressed her disappointment through an Instagram story, part of her story read, “I feel really hurt to share this and have to talk about the deepfake video of me being spread online. Something like this is honestly, extremely scary not only for me but also for each one of us who today is vulnerable to so much harm because of how technology is being misused.”

    After Rashmika, a snapshot of Katrina Kaif's well-known towel combat scene from her upcoming movie Tiger 3 was altered and shared widely on social media. In the original photo, Kat is visible to be covered in a towel, according to reports. In the edited photo, the actress was dressed differently.

    The Union IT Ministry was prompted by this occurrence to initiate an investigation and make sure that they were notified on time.

    "The Narendra Modi-led government is committed to ensuring the Safety and Trust of all DigitalNagriks using the Internet. Under the IT rules notified in April 2023 - it is a legal obligation for platforms to ensure no misinformation is posted by any user. It should be ensured that when reported by any user or govt, misinformation is removed in 36 hours; If platforms do not comply with this, rule 7 will apply and platforms can be taken to court by an aggrieved person under provisions of IPC; Deep fakes are latest and even more dangerous and damaging form of misinformation and needs to be dealt with by platforms", tweeted the IT minister.