HC orders deepfake videos of Dr Naresh Trehan, giving urology advice, be taken down
With the order being made public on Thursday, one of the "infringing links" as listed by the petitioners continues to remain active.
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It added that an unidentifiable third party page on Facebook called 'Maria Ideas', which seems to have originated at Kyiv, published the deep fake video, which has been liked by 6,400 accounts and viewed over 1.1 million times.
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed that cardiothoracic vascular surgeon Dr Naresh Trehan’s deepfake videos, where he is purportedly seen giving medical advice and propagating natural remedies to cure urology-related ailments, be taken down from social media.
Justice Mini Pushkarna passed a John Doe order — where the exact offender is unknown — directing that the videos be taken down within 24 hours. The court specified that in case the same is not complied with in 24 hours, Meta, Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) will remove the content. The court also directed DoT, MEITY and Meta to file affidavits, disclose all details, including name, address, email, contact details, organisation, IP address, and others associated with the videos.
With the order being made public on Thursday, one of the “infringing links” as listed by the petitioners continues to remain active.
Global Health Limited, as Medanta is incorporated as, and Dr Trehan, had moved HC with an injunction suit seeking “to take down fabricated/deep fake video restraining infringement of personality and publicity rights, damages for loss of reputation and infringement of trademarks and/or passing off”.
According to the petitioners, it came to their knowledge on December 23, 2024, that a deepfake video was published on December 16, 2024, featuring Dr Trehan, who is also chairman of the Heart Institute of Medanta, The Medicity Hospital in Gurugram.
Alleging that the video has been made using artificial intelligence, photoshopping and voice-over techniques, the suit highlighted that the video targeted issues such as prostatitis (swelling of prostate gland in males), and erectile dysfunction (impotency/sexual dysfunction in males). Submitting that such issues are treated by urologists whereas Dr Trehan is a cardiothoracic surgeon, the suit emphasised that he “does not advise on/treat diseases that fall under the urology specialty”.
It added that an unidentifiable third party page on Facebook called ‘Maria Ideas’, which seems to have originated at Kyiv, published the deep fake video, which has been liked by 6,400 accounts and viewed over 1.1 million times.
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