Sri Lanka, Aug. 16 -- A complaint has been filed with the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) against a powerful young activist of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya for releasing a defamatory statement edited using Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications using the image of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism Minister Vijitha Herath on social media.

A person posing as Mujahid Haafiz who owns the Facebook account, has released a fake video on social media using the image of Minister Vijitha Herath who is a political leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna ( JVP) and the background of the JVP. It appears that it is a video edited using AI technology with the intention of defamation. This has damaged the reputation of Minister Vij...