MeitY Notifies IT (Intermediary Guidelines And Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2026

MeitY by way of notification dated 10.02.2026, has notified the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2026 ("IT Amendment Rules"),¹ amending the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 ("IT Rules").

The IT Amendment Rules introduce a regulatory framework which shall govern synthetically generated information and imposes enhanced due diligence obligations on intermediaries and significant social media intermediaries ("SSMIs").

i. Insertion of new definitions:

1. "audio, visual or audio-visual information" which shall mean any audio, image, photograph, graphic, video, sound recording or similar content created, generated, modified or altered through a computer resource.