Bombay HC Directs Meta, Google To Take Down Defamatory Content Against Union Minister Nitin Gadkari

The Bombay High Court (HC) on Wednesday (August 5) reportedly directed Meta, Google and other intermediaries to take down allegedly defamatory and AI-generated deepfake content targeting Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and linking him and his family to the Centre’s E20 ethanol-blending programme. Hearing Gadkari’s suit, Justice Arif Doctor observed that the material placed before the court was “absolutely vile and abusive”, as per a report by Bar and Bench. “The material which the plaintiff seeks t