RBI cautions public about 'deepfake' video of governor being circulated on social media
Mumbai: Reserve Bank on Tuesday cautioned public against "deepfake" videos of the governor being circulated on social media that claim the launch of or support to some investment schemes by the central bank.In a statement, the RBI cautioned public on "deepfake videos of Top Management" circulated over social media giving financial advice.
"It has come to the notice of Reserve Bank of India that fake videos of the Governor are being circulated in social media that claim launch of or support to some investment schemes by the RBI," it said.
These videos attempt to advise people to invest their money in such schemes through use of technological tools.
"RBI clarifies that its officials are not involved in or support any such activities and these videos are fake. RBI does not give any such financial investment advice," the statement said.
The central bank cautioned the members of the public against engaging with and falling prey to such deepfake videos circulated over social media.
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LIC website reduced to propaganda tool for Hindi imposition, says TN CM
LIC says 'technical problem' in shuffling language
New Delhi, Nov 19: Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) on Tuesday said its website was not shuffling language pages due to some "technical problem", and the issue has been resolved.
The use of the Hindi language on the home page of LIC had kicked up a storm earlier in the day, with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin saying that the website has been reduced to a propaganda tool for imposing Hindi.
In a post on X later in the evening, LIC regretted the inconvenience to the users of its website and cited technical glitches which stopped the shuffling of the language.
"Our corporate website was not shuffling the language page due to some technical problem. The issue is resolved now, and the website is available in English/Hindi language," LIC said.
Posting a screenshot of the LIC of India webpage containing Hindi, the Tamil Nadu chief minister said in a post on social media platform X: "The LIC website has been reduced to a propaganda tool for Hindi imposition. Even the option to select English is displayed in Hindi".
This, Stalin claimed, was nothing but cultural and language imposition by force, trampling on India's diversity.
Terming the move as a "blatant imposition" of Hindi on other language-speaking people, BJP's ally and PMK founder Dr S Ramadoss, said this attempt by LIC is highly condemnable as it was trying to "push" a language among the non-Hindi speaking people.
"Giving sudden priority to Hindi alone is not acceptable as the LIC has a customer base drawn from the people from diverse languages in India," Ramadoss said in a post on X.
The home page of LIC should immediately be changed to English, and a Tamil version website should be started, he said.
AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami flayed the LIC for making it all Hindi and said the revamped website was currently unusable for people who did not know that language.
"The language change option on the website is also in Hindi and is not possible to find it. It is reprehensible that the central government is going to any extent in imposing Hindi," he said on X.
The LIC website has been reduced to a propaganda tool for Hindi imposition. Even the option to select English is displayed in Hindi!
— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) November 19, 2024
This is nothing but cultural and language imposition by force, trampling on India's diversity. LIC grew with the patronage of all Indians. How… pic.twitter.com/BxHzj28aaX
Our corporate website was not shuffling the language page due to some technical problem. The issue is resolved now, and the website is available in English/Hindi language. Inconvenience caused is deeply regretted.
— LIC India Forever (@LICIndiaForever) November 19, 2024
-Team LIC
