MUMBAI: Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari has claimed in a proposed civil suit before the Bombay high court that he had no role in the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) programme or the E20 initiative, alleging that AI-generated deepfakes and manipulated online content falsely linked him and his family to financial gains from the policy.

The Bombay High Court granted Nitin Gadkari the green light to proceed with a civil suit against Meta Platforms and X Corp regarding defamatory deepfake content. The court…

Nitin Gadkari has alleged that some content on social media is linking him and his family to E20 profits despite the policy being run by the Petroleum Ministry. | India News