Deputy Minister seeks correction over alleged AI-generated image shown on TV

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Incident details

Incident ID: inc_2026_10_15_3a3f6d08
Date source: llm_extracted_from_article_text
Country: Sri Lanka
Platform: News Media
Incident type: Misleading Edited Image
Verification level: reported_but_unverified

Harm types

Misinformation Reputational Harm

Topics

Synthetic Image Image Manipulation Authenticity Harm

Summary

Deputy Minister Chathuranga Abeysinghe sent a letter dated October 15 requesting a formal clarification and correction from a private television channel after former Minister Wimal Weerawansa displayed and discussed a photograph the Deputy Minister’s office says was allegedly generated or manipulated using AI. Abeysinghe published what he described as the original selfie showing him with an individual named Amal and said the image shown on the programme had been altered to portray Amal as a Buddhist monk; the Deputy Minister asked the channel to verify the image’s authenticity, correct the broadcast video, issue a public correction and provide a written explanation, warning the alleged use of an AI-generated image could mislead the public and harm reputations or inflame ethnic and religious tensions.

Sources

Deputy Minister seeks correction over alleged AI-generated image shown on TV - Newswire

newswire.lk · 2026-10-15 · Primary