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FIR against gaming site after Sachin Tendulkar deepfake alert

IndiaTimes Thursday, 18 January 2024
A day after cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar flagged a deepfake video of him, an FIR was registered on Tuesday against a gaming website and a Facebook page. The manipulated video had showed a fake Tendulkar claiming that he and his daughter, Sara, had won large sums of money by playing a certain online game. The owners of the site and the Facebook page have not been identified yet. The FIR was registered by west region cyber police based on a complaint by Tendulkar's personal assistant, Ramesh Pardhe, 52.
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