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Bombay HC refused to grant interim stay on setting up a fact-checking unit (FCU) under the recently amended IT Rules to identify fake content

Mumbai, Mar 11 (PTI) The Bombay High Court on Monday refused to grant interim stay on setting up a fact-checking unit (FCU) under the recently amended Information Technology Rules to identify fake and false content on social media concerning the business of the Union government.

IT Ministry said that it was amending Section 23 of the IT (Procedure and Safeguards for Interception, Monitoring and Decryption of Information) Rules, 2009 by substituting “security agency” with the words “competent authority and the security agency”

The IT Rules give a list of eleven categories of content that intermediaries must “make reasonable efforts” to not share or host | Latest News India

Switzerland-based ProtonMail has found itself in the crosshairs of the Indian government as it seeks to block the platform. The encrypted email service provider's users range from tech executives to actors on the dark web due to the safety it assures. Will blocking solve the problem?