Preity Zinta goes to Bombay High Court against AI who made fake videos, morphed photos, wants to remove inappropriate |

Preity Zinta went to the Bombay High Court seeking an injunction to stop the publication of fake AI-generated videos, morphed images, and other illegal images of him. The case has been filed as ‘Preity Zinta v. Google LLC & Ors.’After the issue came up on July 3, Justice Madhav Jamdar announced that he would issue an order on July 6 asking the parties to work together to remove the alleged infringement from the online platform.In its suit, Zinta has named several intermediaries as respondents, including Google and Meta, along with domain name registrants and other infringers. He said that AI-generated immersive videos, photo manipulations, and chatbot behavior that feature him are being done on various platforms. Appearing at Zinta, senior advocate Venkatesh Dhond said AI-generated content is increasing. He urged the court to provide immediate assistance to the affected websites and the mediators to immediately remove all the violations mentioned in the complaint.Mr. Dhond also asked John Doe to issue an injunction against anonymous infringers and asked for a general injunction to stop anyone from publishing or distributing illegal AI-generated content featuring Zinta.Counsel for Google and Meta told the court that they have no objection to removing the morphed URLs or obscene content identified by the plaintiff. However, they rejected any blanket directives that would require intermediaries to monitor or remove non-violating content. He said some of the URLs identified in the suit did not contain suspicious content.The domain name registrar provided that its responsibility is only to register domain names and that it has no control over URLs that direct users to content hosted on social media sites.Justice Jamdar observed that any relief granted by the court should be carefully designed so that questionable content can be removed without interfering with the legitimate content of the internet. Although he indicated that the case should be protected, the judge ordered that all parties agree to a work plan that would help remove the infringing material and protect the legal rights. The matter is expected to be heard again on July 6.