Article 19 limits on regulating online content, fact-checking units and platform blocking.
The proposed successor to the IT Act, meant to rework safe harbour and regulate high-risk AI, which has stalled with no draft bill
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
A draft that would make MeitY advisories part of intermediary due diligence on pain of losing safe harbour, and extend media oversight to user news posts
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
India's first binding AI-specific content rules: labelling, provenance and prevention duties for deepfakes, and a three-hour takedown deadline
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
An unpublished advisory asking platforms to prioritise government complaints and to label manipulated or synthetic content on current events
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
ECI requires parties to label AI-generated campaign material, with labels covering 10% of the screen, creator disclosure, record-keeping and three-hour takedowns
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
ECI's first deepfake-specific directions to political parties, requiring removal of deepfake audio and video within three hours during the 2024 Lok Sabha polls
Status checked Oct 14, 2026