Delhi HC: BJP MP and actor Kangana Ranaut gets personality rights protections against deepfakes, false quotes

The Delhi High Court has restrained the unauthorised use of actor and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut’s identity, including through AI-generated deepfakes, manipulated videos and fabricated statements attributed to her. Justice Vikas Mahajan passed the ex parte ad-interim injunction on October 8, 2026, in a suit against Meta Platforms Inc. Ranaut alleged that social media accounts and websites were circulating fabricated statements, morphed images, and