Google announced how it will be providing support to the 2024 Indian General Election.
Google has started rolling out limitations on the types of election-related questions that Gemini will provide responses for.
Google has =collaborated with the Election Commission of India (ECI) to enable people to easily find important voting information on Google Search.
Google recognises the vital role it plays in upholding the democratic process by supporting elections, especially as India prepares for its upcoming General Election with millions of eligible voters. The tech giant is dedicated to giving people good information, stopping misuse of its platforms, and helping users deal with AI-generated content.
Google announced how it will be providing support to the 2024 Indian General Election.
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Google has started rolling out limitations on the types of election-related questions that Gemini will provide responses for.
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“Out of an abundance of caution on such an important topic, we have begun to roll out restrictions on the types of election-related queries for which Gemini will return responses. We take our responsibility for providing high-quality information for these types of queries seriously, and are continuously working to improve our protections,” Google wrote in a blogpost on March 12th.
Google has also collaborated with the Election Commission of India (ECI) to enable people to easily find important voting information on Google Search – such as how to register and how to vote – in both English and Hindi.
Moreover, Google has strict policies and restrictions around who can run election-related advertising on our platforms.
For example, the company asks all advertisers who wish to run election ads on its platforms to undergo an identity verification process, provide a pre-certificate issued by the ECI or anyone authorised by the ECI for each election ad they want to run where necessary and have in-ad disclosures that clearly show who paid for the ad.
“Additionally, ahead of the General Election, Google is supporting Shakti, India Election Fact-Checking Collective, a consortium of news publishers and fact checkers in India, working together to aid the early detection of online misinformation, including deepfakes, and to create a common repository that news publishers can use to tackle the challenges of misinformation at scale,” the tech giant said.
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