The Bombay High Court on Friday delivered its judgment in a case filed by actress Shilpa Shetty regarding abuse of personality rights through the use of altered AI-generated photos and videos on the internet.
The court found these images extremely disturbing and shocking and ordered their removal and removal from various social media platforms, which brought great relief to the actress.
Bombay High Court upholds Shilpa Shetty
Shilpa had asked the court to protect her moral rights and block the website and its AI-generated content, saying the content was based on distorted and manipulated images and videos of her.
The case was presided over by Justice Advait Sethna, who said in his judgment that the images uploaded on different platforms were, on their face, highly objectionable.
The ruling states that “no personality, no human being, or any woman may be represented without her knowledge or consent, as well as in violation of her fundamental right to privacy.”
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The judgment noted that the visual was inappropriate and unacceptable and its expression undermined Shilpa's character and status. The High Court ordered all defendants to remove the URLs from their platforms “in the interests of justice”.
Shilpa Shetty case details
Shilpa's lawsuit alleges that artificial intelligence tools were used to imitate her voice and gestures, creating unauthorized and fake images, books and other products.
She called for a ban on all sites displaying objectionable content and for those sites to be prohibited from using her name, voice or photograph in the future without her consent.
