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The Editor’s Guild of India on August 27 expressed concerns that such a fact-checking unit could become a tool in the hands of the government to clamp down on voices of dissent.

Priyank Kharges statement came in response to a statement from the Editors Guild of India which expressed concern about some aspects of Karnataka govts decision to set up a ‘fact-checking unit to monitor ‘fake news.

Editors Guild of India expresses concern over Karnataka government's decision to set up a 'fact-checking unit' to monitor social media posts and argues for independent oversight.

The Uttarakhand High Court last week dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea IN LIMINE which challenged the vires of new amendment to Information Technology Rules [Rule - 3 (i) (II) (C) of...

The government will not constitute its Fact Check Unit (FCU) to identify and tag fake news till July 28 as it is expected to make its arguments in the case related to the FCU on July 27 and 28 in the Bombay High Court, it was decided in the courtroom on Friday.

In a democratic process, the court said, the govt is as much a participant as a citizen is and hence a citizen has the fundamental right to question and demand answers and govt is duty-bound to respond

Bombay High Court today said the recently amended IT Rules against fake content on social media against the government may be excessive, quipping that one cannot bring a hammer to kill an ant.

The Bombay High Court today said the recently amended Information Technology (IT) Rules against fake content on social media against the government may be excessive, quipping that one cannot bring a hammer to kill an ant.

The Bombay high court on Friday said the recently amended Information Technology (IT) Rules against fake content on social media against the government may be excessive, quipping that one cannot bring a hammer to kill an ant.