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The Bombay High Court today delivered a split verdict on the pleas seeking to strike down Rules 3(i)(II)(A) & (C) of the IT Amendment Rules, 2023 which empowers the Central government to establish a...

In a split judgement, Justice Neela Kedar Gokhale of the Bombay High Court said she would uphold the 2023 amendment to IT Rules, 2021 empowering the government to establish a Fact check Unit and...

In a split judgement on petitions challenging the amended Information Technology (IT) Rules on fake news, one judge of the Bombay High Court on Wednesday held that they amounted to censorship.

In a split judgement Justice GS Patel of the Bombay High Court said he would strike down Rule 3(1)(b)(v) of the IT Rules amendment 2023 empowering the government to establish a Fact check Unit and...

The Bombay High Court has deferred its verdict on challenge to Rules 3(i)(II)(A) & (C) of the IT Amendment Rules, 2023 that mandate social media intermediaries like X to make “reasonable efforts” to...

India News: MUMBAI: Bombay high court on Friday said it will pronounce on January 15 its verdict on petitions challenging the amended- Information Technology Rule.

State IT minister Priyank Kharge defends the fact-check unit, saying it will help curb fake news

Different state governments are in the process of setting up fact check units to combat misinformation. But, can they be neutral and independent of state control? ET asks career fact checkers for answers!

While the government order says that the rise in hate speech, misinformation and disinformation on social media has necessitated a fact-check unit, its scope wi

When asked if the unit will jeopardise news publication and affect journalists, he said: "We had told media persons to be on the board of the observing committee. It could be the Editors Guild of India or the Press Trust of India or anyone else."