EC to monitor spending by political parties on social media

The Election Commission will for the first time keep a watch on the spending on social media by the political parties in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Assistant Chief Electoral Officer in West......

Maha: 12 WhatsApp group admins get notices for poll code violation

Election authorities in Maharashtra have issued notices to administrators of 12 WhatsApp groups for alleged violation of the model code of conduct, an official said on Tuesday. The notices were......

EC to keep tabs on poll ads in social media, issues guidelines

With political parties using social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook in a big way for campaigning in Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission has issued detailed guidelines for......

Social media firms to help EC take down flagged poll content

Intermediary platforms would take down content that violates the code of conduct in 'real time', once they receive a legal notice from the EC officers tasked with looking at content violations,......