Actor Preity Zinta has asked the Bombay High Court to order Google, Meta, X Corp and other respondents to take down AI-generated deepfake videos, morphed images and chatbot personas using her likeness, and on July 3, 2026 Justice Madhav Jamdar said she has made a case for protective relief. The court directed the parties to devise a practical takedown protocol that balances removing infringing content with protecting lawful material, with orders expected July 6, 2026. Counsel for Google and Meta said they would remove URLs the plaintiff identifies but opposed a blanket takedown order. The suit follows a June 16, 2026 ruling letting Zinta sue under the court's original jurisdiction, and the eventual protocol could become a practical template for how platforms handle deepfake takedown requests in India.
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