Have cut down response time by 1 hour: Social media firms tell poll panel

Apex social media body says response time to violations under Section 126 of Representation of the People Act brought down to 2 hours from 3 earlier

The Internet and Mobile Association of India, the industry body at the forefront of representing social media companies ahead of elections, has told the Election Commission that social media companies have brought down the time taken to respond to violations reported under Section 126 of the Representation of the People Act (RPA) to 2 hours from 3 hours earlier.

The IAMAI, which represents companies such as Google, Twitter, Facebook (including WhatsApp) and others, had come up with a voluntary code of ethics for social media companies which will be in force till