Turkish authorities have used facial recognition to identify protesters in demonstrations that erupted on March 19 following the detention of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, and many of the nearly 2,000 people arrested were picked up in pre-dawn raids after being identified from police footage or photos. Police in Istanbul have also ordered masked protesters to uncover their faces so they could be filmed.
Meerut police in Uttar Pradesh have booked an Instagram user under the Information Technology Act over an AI-generated video purportedly showing a uniformed police inspector dancing with a jailed woman accused of killing her husband. Police say the video, shared widely on social media, could tarnish the UP Police's reputation and that those who created and uploaded it will face action.
Scammers used footage of Eddie McGuire from a television appearance, dubbed with a voiceover impersonating him, in a YouTube ad touting an investment opportunity via a QR code. McGuire said it was not the first deepfake scam using him and that fakes on Facebook were "basically impossible" to remove; Google has since pulled the ad and said it would act against the advertiser.
