Description: A purported deepfake video depicting Indian journalist Rajat Sharma reporting on a potential India-Bangladesh war was uploaded to the YouTube channel The Real Report. Fact-checkers reportedly found no such broadcast existed and, according to their metrics, verified that the clip was likely AI-generated.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Unknown deepfake technology developer and Unknown voice cloning technology developer developed an AI system deployed by The Real Report and Unknown malicious actors impersonating Rajat Sharma, which harmed Rajat Sharma , General public , General public of India , General public of Bangladesh , India-Bangladesh relations , Epistemic integrity and Truth.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Unknown deepfake technology , Unknown voice cloning technology , YouTube , Social media and Facebook
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1262
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2025-09-29
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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A video is circulating on social media that claims to show Indian journalist Rajat Sharma reporting on a potential war between India and Bangladesh, citing border incidents, drone deployments, and political developments. Let's verify the tr…
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