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Pratap Chakravarty

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Deepfakes and deception hinder india s elections - You Need To See This

Narendra Modi’s BJP party is caught up in a deepfake scandal as they pin hopes on a third term in office. AP - Saurabh Das

New Delhi – Fake videos of trusted aides of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have disrupted campaigning in the country's mammoth elections, in which almost a billion people are voting.

Authorities are examining a deepfake of Home Minister Amit Shah, second-in-command in Modi’s BJP government, which is hoping for a third term in office.

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