Mumbai: The Maharashtra Cyber Cell found that 429 handles or posts were created on Instagram, X, Facebook and YouTube to spread fake and derogatory information, including 140 AI-generated content, during the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) protest march.The cyber cell team that deleted the posts or handles found that Instagram was used the most, with 312 posts spreading fake narratives, videos and content using AI to create unrest in the country and also in Mumbai and Maharashtra. Meanwhile, 55 posts were uploaded through X, 40 on Facebook and 22 on YouTube last week. “Out of the total 429 fake narrative contents or posts across the social media platforms that are being deleted, 76.7% (329) are uploaded through India-based handles. While 23.3% (100) are created and uploaded using handles out of India. It is also noticed that 32.6% of the total handles or posts are AI-generated or AI-assisted contents,” said additional director general of police (State-Cyber) Yashasvi Yadav.While analysing the handles that were deleted later, the cyber cell found that a Pakistan-based X (formerly Twitter) account was created using a Pakistan Android app in April 2026 and was reportedly used to spread fake narratives with artificial intelligence-manipulated content. One fake narrative using AI was posted on July 23, falsely claiming that a student died during the Jantar Mantar protest and that his mother was denied an FIR. The claim was false as the student was revived after CPR, and the mother’s video was AI-manipulated.
