Actor Rashmika Mandanna finally reacts on her viral deepfake video that appears to show her entering an elevator, describing it as “extremely scary.” In a post on X, the Animal star wrote: “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. Today, as a woman and as an actor, I am thankful for my family, friends and well wishers who are my protection and support system. But if this happened to me when I was in school or college, I genuinely can’t imagine how could I ever tackle this. We need to address this as a community and with urgency before more of us are affected by such identity theft.”
Read Rashmika Mandanna’s post here:
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.…
— Rashmika Mandanna (@iamRashmika) November 6, 2023
A video showing what seemed like Rashmika Mandanna getting into an elevator has recently gone viral. However, it turned out that the person in the video is actually a British-Indian influencer named Zara Patel, and her face was digitally altered using deepfake technology to look like Rashmika Mandanna.
This video has caused quite a shock on the Internet, and even the famous actor Amitabh Bachchan, who worked with Rashmika in the movie “Goodbye,” expressed his outrage and called for legal action. Union minister Rajeev Chandrashekhar also joined in by reminding social media platforms of their responsibility to combat misinformation.
PM @narendramodi ji’s Govt is committed to ensuring Safety and Trust of all DigitalNagriks using 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 AND
➡️ensure that when reported by… https://t.co/IlLlKEOjtd
— Rajeev Chandrasekhar 🇮🇳 (@Rajeev_GoI) November 6, 2023
