India, April 26 -- The Election Commission of India's press note of 19 April 2000, the IT Rules 2021, the Model Code of Conduct and Section 126 of the Representation of the People Act 1951 the Commission has clarified that digital campaigning is not a parallel lightly regulated sphere. It is subject to the same constitutional and statutory discipline as traditional modes of electioneering.

The operational shift is equally significant. Platforms are now under a three-hour obligation to act on unlawful or misleading content including AI-generated or manipulated material. At the same time any synthetic campaign content must carry clear disclosures such as "AI Generated", "Digitally Enhanced" or "Synthetic Content" along with identification ...