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YouTube Channel Reportedly Posts Purported Deepfake Video of Rajat Sharma Announcing India-Bangladesh Conflict
A purported deepfake video depicting Indian journalist Rajat Sharma reporting on a potential India-Bangladesh war was uploaded to the YouTube channel The Real Report. Fact-checkers reportedly found no such broadcast existed and, according to their metrics, verified that the clip was likely AI-generated.
- Date it happened
- 2025-09-29
- Organisation involved
- Unknown malicious actors impersonating Rajat Sharma, The Real Report
- Product, system or model
- YouTube, Social media, Facebook, Deepfake technology, Synthetic audio generation technology
Where this came from
Attribution
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