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ARTICLE · 19 SEPTEMBER 2024

Challenge To The Central Fact Checking Unit – Petitioners Conclude Their Arguments Before The Bombay HC

On March 20, 2024, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology("MeitY") had notified the Fack Check Unit ("FCU") of the Press Information Bureau...

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  • On March 20, 2024, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology(“MeitY”) had notified the Fack Check Unit (“FCU”) of the Press Information Bureau (“PIB”) as the fact check unit of the Central Government.
  • This notification was made in accordance with the provisions of sub-clause(v) of sub-rule (1) of rule (3) of the Information and Technology(Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021,(“Digital Media Rules”) and was another step taken in a series of moves bythe Central Government to address the challenges posed by fake newsregularly circulated on social media.
  • The Digital Media Rules had been amended in April 2023 by the CentralGovernment to place an obligation on intermediaries to disallow any falseinformation about the Indian government, if the same has been confirmedto be false by a fact checking unit of the Central Government.

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