Bihar: Social media user booked for posting purported AI videos of Jamui teen who was harassed

The Bihar Police has filed a case against a social media user for uploading purportedly artificial intelligence-generated videos of a girl who was molested by a group of men in Jamui district last week, PTI reported on Saturday.

The videos were “misleading and fake”, the news agency quoted a police statement as saying. Sharing the videos resulted in “revealing the identity of the girl and could affect social harmony”, it added.

The case was registered under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, the Juvenile Justice Act and the Information Technology Act, the police said.

Minor harassment case

A minor girl was sexually harassed and her male friend was assaulted by a group of men in Jamui district on September 19. Videos of the incident were widely shared on social media.

One video shows the boy riding a two-wheeler with the girl seated behind him. A group of men can be seen surrounding them on a dimly lit road and asking whether they were classmates and whether their families knew about their relationship.

The boy says they were classmates, while the girl pleads with the men to let them go. One of the men slaps the boy and asks the two to call their families. “If they know, then...

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