India, Dec. 27 -- The Bombay High Court ruled on Friday in a plea filed by actor Shilpa Shetty against the misuse of her personality rights in the form of AI-generated morphed photos and videos online. The court termed the photos "extremely disturbing and shocking" and ordered their deletion and removal from social media platforms, providing significant relief to the actor.

Shilpa had moved the court seeking protection of her personality rights and also an order against websites and AI-generated content that allegedly carried morphed and manipulated images and videos of her. The case was heard by Justice Advait Sethna, who noted in his order that the pictures uploaded on the various sites were "prima facie extremely disturbing". The orde...