As consumers, it is crucial to maintain a critical eye and recognize that much of the sensationalist content found online is engineered, not authentic. Protecting the digital integrity of individuals is a collective responsibility in the 21st century.

AI image generators are notoriously bad at rendering human hands and teeth. If you see a photo of Kajol where her fingers appear to merge into a bracelet, or where she has more than five fingers, it is a generated fake. Similarly, look for "tooth soup"—where individual teeth blur into a white mass.

Digital alterations range from basic image editing techniques to advanced artificial intelligence systems.

Manipulating an individual's likeness without consent constitutes a severe breach of personal autonomy and privacy rights.