Pakistan, March 23 -- We live in a world where information spreads at lightning speed, but the truth is increasingly fragile. Artificial intelligence, once seen as a force for good, has been weaponized to undermine trust and sow discord. The digital sphere, initially envisioned as a global utopia of shared knowledge, has become a battleground. Here, deepfakes and AI-generated fabrications don't just bend reality; they reshape it, pixel by pixel, to manipulate emotions and fracture societies.

This is not a hypothetical future.

On March 17, 2025, a video titled "Parachinar Massacre Exposed" exploded on TikTok, shared by the account Parachinar News. The clip showed a seemingly distraught soldier admitting to state-sponsored violence. Withi...