India: 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

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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…

Scope

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

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2025-10-22
in consultation

On 22 October 2025, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) opened a consult…

2025-11-06
processing consultation

On 6 November 2025, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) closes the consu…

2026-02-10
adopted

On 10 February 2026, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology adopted Information Tec…

2026-02-20
in force

On 20 February 2026, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s Information Technolog…