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The Centre is likely to opt for a fact-checking team led by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to verify any information pertaining to the government that is published on social media and internet intermediaries,…

The government is considering multiple proposals for the design of its proposed fact-check unit, which will be mandated to ascertain the veracity of government-related information online, minister of state for electronics and information…

New Delhi , April 8 (ANI): Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Saturday slammed the Centre amid the controversy over its notification on Thursday to appoint a fact-checker to track fake news and have them taken down.Taking to Twitter, Sibal…

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Monday rolled out a new security mechanism for Aadhaar-based fingerprint authentication, and faster detection of spoofing attempts, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) said in a…

Content red-flagged by PIB Fact Check or government authorised agency under the draft IT rules will not be applicable on TV news channels unless the information is posted on an online platform, Minister of state for electronics and IT…

The government has deferred notifying a contentious proposal under the IT Rules, which mandated intermediaries to take down content if it had been flagged as fake by the fact-check unit of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) or any other…

The Editors Guild of India has written to Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, urging him to "expunge" the amendments to IT Rules that seek to direct social media platforms to take down news or information…

Amid outrage over a plan to give powers to its arm PIB to police fake news on social media, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Tuesday said that the government will next month hold discussions with stakeholders before the proposal is…

The government’s intention behind proposing a fact check mechanism through the Press Information Bureau (PIB) is to find a way to “identify misinformation” online, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics and IT told ET,…

Congress on Thursday opposed the draft IT rules and accused the Centre of muzzling the internet and censoring online content through the Press Information Bureau (PIB). In contrast, the I&B ministry, which has under its ambit news…