For its part, the Venice Commission has addressed the issue of digital technologies, artificial intelligence and elections in three documents: the Report on Digital Technologies and Elections,110 the Principles for a fundamental rights-compliant use of digital technologies in electoral processes and the Interpretative declaration of the Code of good practice in electoral matters as concerns digital technologies and artificial intelligence. Some of the above-mentioned Principles113 are specifically aimed at ensuring a level-playing field in electoral campaigns:

− Principle 2: During electoral campaigns, a competent impartial Electoral Management Body (EMB) or judicial body should be empowered to require private companies to remove clearly defined third-party content from the internet, based on electoral laws and in line with international standards.
− Principle 5: Electoral integrity must be preserved through periodically reviewed rules and regulations on political advertising and on the responsibility of internet intermediaries.
− Principle 7: The international cooperation framework and public-private cooperation should be strengthened.
− Principle 8: The adoption of self-regulatory mechanisms should be promoted.