Overview
- The Cabinet approved the Social Media Analytics Solution at about ₹67.26 crore to monitor public digital platforms, which officials say is important before the Lok Sabha elections.
- Law Minister H. K. Patil said the AI-only tool will trace the sources of misinformation, track terror recruitment and other crimes, and issue real-time alerts.
- Recognised mainstream news outlets are excluded from monitoring, though officials said fake media banners and houses would be targeted.
- The system is described as a proprietary, dynamic AI/ML setup with geo-specific threat mapping and detection of deepfakes, bot networks, multilingual narratives and subject-based manipulation.
- Authorities say action will proceed under existing laws, with possible future legislation, and the software will follow data localisation and MeitY cloud guidelines.