Concerns arise over potential impact of the fact-checking unit on free speech, mirroring ongoing legal challenges faced by a similar unit proposed by the...
The EoI comes after earlier announcements by IT Minister Priyank Kharge of a state fact-check unit to tackle misinformation, disinformation, and ‘malinformation.’
Reports noted that the fact check unit would initiate action against misinformation, disinformation, and 'malinformation' under the IT Act (2000), the Indian Penal Code...
State's IT Min reassured the Editors Guild of India that the unit would be bias-free and would transparently explain its fact-checking methods to the...
Criticizing the move, the IT Minister said that while the Indian government's fact-check unit will only label misinformation as 'false' online, the one in...