India, Dec. 21 -- The Delhi High Court (HC) has ordered social media giant Meta to take down multiple pieces of deepfakes purportedly featuring journalist Rajat Sharma.

In an order dated December 18, the HC also directed the social media major to disclose available "details" of the creators, including name, address, and phone number, of the doctored content.

A single judge bench of Justice Amit Bansal also barred eight individuals and entities from misusing the name, image, voice, or likeness of Sharma through AI for commercial or personal gains without written consent.

Passing an ad-interim injunction order in favour of Sharma, the Delhi HC effectively issued a direction safeguarding the personality rights of the chairman and editor-i...