The Indian Army flags a deepfake of a serving general 'admitting' China had taken three areas of Arunachal Pradesh, made from 2023 footage
On Oct 25 the Indian Army's fact-check account said a video circulating online used AI to put words in the mouth of Lt Gen Girish Kalia, presenting a leaked admission that China had taken control of Asaphila, Longjou and Taksing Circle in Arunachal Pradesh and that troops there were being denied supplies. The Army said the footage came from an Oct 27, 2023 press briefing in Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir, about counter-terrorism along the Line of Control, which said nothing about Arunachal or supplies; its post read: 'The video uses #SyntheticGeneratedInformation to falsely attribute remarks to Lt Gen Girish Kalia.' The Army called the clip an attempt to spread military disinformation and to mislead people and create panic, per The Statesman (Oct 26). No reach figures, platform action or attribution are reported.
Damage
A fabricated admission by a serving general on a live border dispute, circulated online; no measured effect reported
Sources
The Statesman. Evidence confidence: medium. Dated to the Army's post (Oct 25). The Statesman page was read by a sub-researcher of this run; the direct X post URL was not retrieved. Reach 3 is an assumption for a nationally circulating clip; no view figures are given. Boom Live is reported to have published a separate fact-check, not opened.
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