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India: Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules addressing synthetically generated information

Progress

Current status
in force
20 Feb 2026 in force
10 Feb 2026 adopted
06 Nov 2025 processing consultation
22 Oct 2025 in consultation

Scope

Implementers
India
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
ML and AI development
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

20 Feb 2026
in force

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2026 addressing synthetically generated information enter into force

On 20 February 2026, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2026 enter into force. The amendments address synthetically generated infor…

Source
Event type order
Action type implementation
Government branch executive
Government body central government
10 Feb 2026
adopted

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology adopted Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2026 addressing synthetically generated information

On 10 February 2026, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology adopted Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2026, addressing synthetically generated information. The rules enter…

Source
Event type order
Action type adoption
Government branch executive
Government body central government
06 Nov 2025
processing consultation

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology closes consultation on draft Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules addressing synthetically generated information

On 6 November 2025, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) closes the consultation on the draft Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules. The draft rules expand the defini…

Source
Event type order
Action type consultation closed
Government branch executive
Government body central government
22 Oct 2025
in consultation

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) opened consultation on draft Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules addressing synthetically generated information

On 22 October 2025, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) opened a consultation on the draft Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules until 6 November 2025. The draft rul…

Source
Event type order
Action type consultation opened
Government branch executive
Government body central government