New Delhi, Oct. 12 -- The Delhi High Court has granted interim protection to actor and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut's personality rights, restraining the unauthorised use of her name, image, voice and other personal attributes, including through artificial intelligence-generated deepfakes, manipulated videos and fabricated speeches.

Justice Vikas Mahajan, in an order dated October 8, directed Meta Platforms Inc to remove and permanently take down the allegedly infringing content identified by Ranaut within 72 hours of being served a copy of the order.

The court also directed the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and the Department of Telecommunications to issue necessary directions to internet and telecom service providers to ...