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Delhi Police Demands Removal of Misleading Protest Posts
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CNBC TV18•08-10-2026, 08:06
Delhi Police Demands Removal of Misleading Protest Posts
- •The Delhi Police directed a social media platform to remove or restrict access to 11 posts and videos containing a misleading account of police action during a recent protest.
- •Notices were issued under the Information Technology Act, 2000, requiring the platform to disable access to the reported URLs within three hours.
- •Authorities stated that the videos selectively portrayed police intervention as unwarranted use of force while omitting earlier acts of obstruction and non-compliance by protesters.
- •Police warned that the contextually incomplete portrayal could provoke public reaction, undermine confidence in law-and-order measures, and create a false narrative.
- •This action follows the recent arrest of a 24-year-old man for circulating an AI-generated video falsely portraying a police officer, as investigators probe potential wider conspiracies.
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Delhi Police requested the removal of 11 posts and videos because they allegedly presented a misleading account of police action during a recent protest, which could provoke public reaction and adversely affect law and order.
The notices were issued by the Joint Commissioner of Police for the IFSO under the Information Technology Act, 2000, citing statements conducive to public mischief, false information, rumours, and defamation.
On October 6, police arrested a 24-year-old man named Nadeem Ahmed Ameen from the Mewat region for allegedly circulating a fabricated AI-generated video that falsely portrayed a police officer sexually assaulting a woman.
