The Delhi High Court on Friday (November 7, 2025) ordered Google to take down two YouTube channels hosting and circulating deepfake and fabricated videos impersonating journalist Rajat Sharma.

“Keeping in the averments made in the application categorically asserting the videos uploaded on these channels are fake, doctored and AI-generated impersonating plaintiff no. 1 (Mr Sharma) and spreading misinformation, the court is satisfied that the plaintiff has made out a case for issuance of directions as prayed for,” Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora said.

The court also directed Mr. Sharma and Google to have a mutual meeting where the journalist can bring to Google’s attention the deepfake content. It asked Google to ensure that identical content is removed.

Mr. Sharma’s lawsuit alleges that the firms were perpetuating gross misinformation, including through wrongful use of AI for the creation of doctored videos bearing his distorted, modified, and modulated images or voice and other personality traits.

The court granted liberty to Mr. Sharma to approach Google regarding any other false or fake videos uploaded against him on any other channel and ordered Google to take them down within 48 hours.

Earlier, another Bench of the court passed an interim order protecting Sharma’s personality rights, while ordering the removal of any content bearing doctored traits of the TV journalist.