This month’s assembly elections saw a slew of viral political videos that turned out to be deepfakes. Amitabh Bachchan did not take digs at Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Kaun Banega Crorepati. Telangana minister Malla Reddy did not tell voters they wouldn’t get jobs if they re-elected K Chandrashekar Rao. Congress leader Kamal Nath did not warn he’d dismantle a women’s scheme in MP. The controversy surrounding such content, including a warning from the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has not only raised the issue of online authenticity again but highlighted the real threat deepfakes pose to democracy,...