India, July 9 -- Actor Preity Zinta secured a major legal victory at the Bombay High Court on Wednesday, as the court ordered the removal of all deepfakes, morphed images, fake videos, and other unauthorised online content featuring her. The court held that the misuse of such content infringes on a person's fundamental rights.

On Wednesday, a single-judge bench of Justice Madhav Jamdar not only gave relief to Preity but also reminded online platforms of their due diligence obligations under the Information Technology Rules. The court also raised the issue of intermediaries' role in tackling such content, as even their platforms were being misused.

"If the intermediaries start taking action, such type of offenders will stop. Otherwise, y...