Under the Code, Participants have voluntarily undertaken to establish a high priority communication channel with the nodal officers designated by ECI. Participants including BIGO, ByteDance, Facebook, Google, Sharechat and Twitter have also agreed to take action on content reported by the nodal officer, expeditiously, in accordance with the law.
The Chief Election Commissioner in his remarks appreciated the proactive steps taken by the Association and its members [participants] to ensure transparency in regards to paid political advertisement by maintaining a repository of political advertisement with information such as the sponsor, expenditure and targeted reach of such content in an aggregated manner. Participants have built the technology to upload MCMC certification. Participants have also committed to taking action on paid advertisements violating MCMC certification requirement under notification by the ECI.
IAMAI will act as the liaison between the Participants and the ECI. Collectively, IAMAI and the member Participants of the Code of Ethics remain committed to ensuring free, fair, and ethical electoral process.