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Incident 1322: Senior Kerala Congress Leader N. Subrahmanian Reportedly Booked for Sharing Purportedly AI-Generated Defamatory Image of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan

Description: A senior Indian National Congress leader in Kerala, N. Subrahmanian, was reportedly booked by police after sharing a digitally altered image on Facebook depicting Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan alongside a suspect in a gold theft case. Police reportedly stated that at least one circulated image was created using AI tools and that the post allegedly sought to provoke enmity and mislead the public.

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Alleged: Unknown deepfake technology developers and Unknown AI image generator technology developers developed an AI system deployed by Unknown actors , Unknown disinformation actors and N. Subrahmanian, which harmed Pinarayi Vijayan , General public , General public of Kerala , General public of India and Epistemic integrity.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Unknown deepfake technology , Unknown AI image generator , Facebook and Social media platforms

Incident Stats

Incident ID
1322
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2025-12-26
Editors
Daniel Atherton

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Kerala Congress leader booked for defamatory post against CM Pinarayi Vijayan
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Kerala Congress leader booked for defamatory post against CM Pinarayi Vijayan

Kerala Congress leader booked for defamatory post against CM Pinarayi Vijayan

thehindu.com

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Kerala Congress leader booked for defamatory post against CM Pinarayi Vijayan
thehindu.com · 2025

The Kozhikode City police have registered a case against senior Congress leader and KPCC Political Affairs Committee member N. Subrahmanian for allegedly sharing an AI-generated photograph depicting Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan along wit…

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