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The court also questioned who will fact-check the Fact Check Unit (FCU) that is to be set up under the amended Rules.

A division bench comprising Justices Gautam Patel and Neela Gokhale said it does not comprehend the necessity for the amendments

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. A division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Neela Gokhale also said it still does not understand the need behind the amendment to the Rules and stated it finds it difficult that one authority of the government is given absolute power to decide what is fake, false, and misleading.

Bombay High Court said the recently amended IT Rules against fake content on social media against the government may be excessive

The Bombay High Court on Friday said the recently amended Information Technology (IT) Rules regarding fake content on social media against the government "may be excessive", and one should not "bring a hammer to kill an ant."