As campaigns go digital, election integrity at stake

Election Commission and security agencies step up monitoring to fight fake news, misinformation and hate speech online.

During the 2022 national elections, in a bid to control misinformation, disinformation and hate speech on social media, the Election Commission had announced plans to coordinate with tech companies like Meta (which operates Facebook and Instagram), X, and Chinese firm ByteDance, the parent company of the video-sharing app TikTok.