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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.
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.
The Guild said as per the rules, the IT Ministry has given itself the power to constitute a "fact checking unit."
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Congress communication head Jairam Ramesh said “the biggest producer of fake news in India is the present ruling establishment and its ideological brotherhood”. He demanded that the Government withdraw the move.