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The Union Ministry for Information and Broadcasting (MIB) is in agreement with the Ministry of Information and Technology's proposed amendments to ask social media platforms to take down any such content that the Press Information Bureau (PIB) Fact Check unit has labelled as false or fake.
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Ministry for Information and Broadcasting has proposed to ask social media platforms to take down any such content that the Press Information Bureau (PIB) Fact Check unit has labelled as "false" or "fake" India News | MIB Agrees with Proposed Amendments to IT Rules, Says Will Allow Action Against Fake News.
If approved, this could make the government the ultimate arbiter of news.
The language of the proposal also suggests that in the future, it may not be just the PIB's fact-checking unit but also other authorised entities that could mark news items as fake.
New Delhi, Jan 12: The PIB Fact Check Unit (FCU) of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting busted six YouTube channels, which were working in a coordinated manner and spreading false information in India. The Fact Check Unit released six separate Twitter threads having over 100 fact-checks to counter the fake news spread by these channels.