Opposition, government spar over IT Amendment Rules
Under attack over the fact-check provisions of the IT Amendment Rules, Rajeev dismissed the criticism as "deliberate misinformation".
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Under attack over the fact-check provisions of the IT Amendment Rules, Rajeev dismissed the criticism as "deliberate misinformation".
The Editors Guild of India on Friday said it was deeply disturbed by the draconian amendments to the Information Technology Rules that gave the government 'absolute power' to determine fake news.
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The Guild said as per the rules, the IT Ministry has given itself the power to constitute a "fact checking unit."
In today's DNA, Zee News' Rohit Ranjan discussed the new rules introduced under an amendment to the IT rules to protect online gamers.