Mrunal Thakur, Naga Chaitanya & Other Celebs Speaks Up On Deepfake AI Video; Rashmika Mandanna Thank Them For Spreading Awareness!

 Popular actress Rashmika Mandanna recently became a victim of a malicious cybercrime, as a disturbing deepfake video surfaced on social media. The video, originally depicting British Indian influencer Zara Patel entering an elevator in a black outfit, had been manipulated with Rashmika's face digitally imposed onto Zara's. The shocking incident garnered widespread attention, prompting an outpouring of support from several individuals. Leading the charge was legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan, who was the first celebrity to speak out against this heinous act. In a swift response, the government also took notice, signalling a collective stand against such cybercrimes. (ALSO READ: Deepfake Viral Video: Rashmika Mandanna Says “I feel really hurt,” Amitabh Bachchan Comes In Support & Govt. Reacts!)

Retweeting Big B’s message, Rashmika replied saying, “Thankyou for standing up for me sir, I feel safe in a country with leaders like you."

Thankyou for standing up for me sir, I feel safe in a country with leaders like you. https://t.co/rD9umXhKEn

— Rashmika Mandanna (@iamRashmika) November 6, 2023

Now, actress Mrunal Thakur, South stars Naga Chaitanya and Sai Dharam Tej, and singer Chinmayi Sripada have joined the chain of support for the Pushpa actress.

Mrunal Thakur took to her Instagram story and wrote, “Shame on people who resort to such things, it shows that there's no conscience left at all in such people. Thank you rashmika_mandanna for speaking up, and for addressing this issue that so far we have seen glimpses of but a lot of us chose to remain silent. Every day there are morphed, edited videos of female actors floating around on the internet zooming into inappropriate body parts. Where are we heading as a community, and as a society? We may be actresses in the 'limelight' but at the end of the day, each one of us is human. Why aren't we talking about it? Don't remain silent, now is not the time.”

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Further, Tollywood actor Naga Chaitanya demanded action and wrote, “It’s truly disheartening to see how technology is being misused and the thought of what this can progress to in the future is even scarier. Action has to be taken and some kind of law has to be enforced to protect people who have and will be a victim to this .Strength to you.” And the actress thanked him by retweeting his post.

Thank you @chay_akkineni 🙏 https://t.co/HXjfMRf6uu

— Rashmika Mandanna (@iamRashmika) November 6, 2023

Singer Chinmayi Sripada, who is known to be outspoken in addressing various issues also spread awareness to a deepfake AI video of Rashmika in a long note. In reply the Goodbye actress said, “Thank you @Chinmayi for creating awareness on this🙏🏼 hoping strict action is taken and regulated guidelines are put into place.”

Thank you @Chinmayi for creating awareness on this🙏🏼 hoping strict action is taken and regulated guidelines are put into place. https://t.co/zlo8rJyXw8

— Rashmika Mandanna (@iamRashmika) November 6, 2023

Disheartened actor Sai Dharam Tej also took to Twitter and also demanded awareness and strict laws, “Disheartening & Disgusting. It feels so painful understanding what one must be going through being a victim of such ill use of progressing technology. The thought of what mental havoc this technology mislead could cause in lives of normal girls is beyond terrifying. The need of the hour is awareness and strict laws. 🙏🏼”

Disheartening & Disgusting.
It feels so painful understanding what one must be going through being a victim of such ill use of progressing technology.
The thought of what mental havoc this technology mislead could cause in lives of normal girls is beyond terrifying.
The need of… https://t.co/xhauQxxt8C

— Sai Dharam Tej (@IamSaiDharamTej) November 7, 2023

Adding on, various other prominent figures, including Priya Sarkar, Ayush Jain, Anurag Meena, Kavitha Kalvakuntla, and others, have spoken out against what happened to Rashmika.

In response to this circulated deepfake video featuring her, on Monday Rashmika Mandanna issued a statement where she expressed her deep concern over the misuse of technology. 

I feel really hurt to share this and have to talk about the deepfake video of me being spread online.

Something like this is honestly, extremely scary not only for me, but also for each one of us who today is vulnerable to so much harm because of how technology is being misused.…

— Rashmika Mandanna (@iamRashmika) November 6, 2023

 

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