BJD lodges complaint alleging circulation of women leaders’ deepfake videos

BHUBANESWAR: The BJD on Sunday lodged a complaint at Capital police station alleging unidentified miscreants were targeting party’s women leaders including former IAS officer Sujata Rout Karthikeyan by circulating their deepfake videos on Instagram and Facebook.

In the complaint, BJD leader Amrita Mishra said after results of students union elections were declared, user of a social media account named ‘Odianka Chhata’ started posting Al-generated videos targeting Leader of Opposition and BJD chief Naveen Patnaik and women leaders of the party.