What steps should police take to identify those who spread it?

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Police can investigate an AI-generated defamatory video by using standard online evidence-gathering and legal process steps
Fadhlina Sidek, the Education Minister and PKR Wanita chief, has filed a police report after an AI-generated video with false allegations circulated about her. She described the video as malicious and urged police to investigate and take action in line with the law, but the public information provided does not spell out the specific investigative steps police should follow to identify who spread the video.
A police report was lodged and an investigation was requested
The case was initiated through a police report filed over the circulation of an AI-generated video spreading false allegations against Fadhlina Sidek. She said the dissemination was malicious and intended to tarnish her reputation and destroy her character, and she urged police to investigate and act under the law.
The public record does not list identification steps for alleged spreaders
While police were asked to investigate, the available details do not describe how investigators should trace the people who circulated the AI-generated video. There is no information on whether police would seek platform records, analyse accounts involved in sharing, or identify upload sources.
What police can do in practice is generally tied to online defamation evidence handling
In Malaysia and other jurisdictions, online defamation and related misconduct investigations typically focus on collecting digital evidence connected to dissemination, such as the URLs or links shared, timestamps, account identifiers, and logs that show how the content was distributed. Investigators also commonly document where the video appeared, how widely it was shared, and which accounts posted or re-posted it, so that the case can be matched to applicable legal provisions.
Legal action depends on establishing who disseminated the content and how it was used
The request made by Fadhlina Sidek is for police to take action in line with the law, which implies that investigators would need to connect the alleged defamatory material to identifiable individuals or entities involved in circulation. However, no further details were provided on the specific legal framework police would rely on or the exact technical workflow to identify the spreaders of the AI-generated video.

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