On tough-to-monitor Net, campaign goes on | India News
Under Sections 126, 126A and 135C of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, all poll-related activities — such as holding public meetings, speeches, etc. — intended to influence or influence the results of elections — such as holding public meetings, giving speeches, etc. — are prohibited during silence. Violations are punishable by imprisonment for up to six months, a fine or both.If candidates or parties are found to be campaigning from their official handles, the candidate will first receive an alert If the offense is serious, they will be barred from campaigning. This, however, failed to stop teams from using their IT sales or fan accounts to trend videos with Tamil songs and hashtags. In some cases, some producers have created independent reels using the candidates’ voices to solicit votes.ECI TN Additional Chief Electoral Officer V Sridhar said the agency is monitoring all official handles of candidates and parties. “It is a task to monitor personal and private handles. In such cases, we take action if we get complaints. We have already written to the social media platform to remove the content. We will publish these details after the polls, as the officials are busy conducting the elections,” he said.The EC has an IT team that monitors videos, but the process of reporting to the web platform’s nodal officer and taking them down takes at least a day, officials said, reducing the impact of content moderation.
