Govt notifies PIB’s fact check unit

The government on Wednesday notified the setting up of a fact-checking unit (FCU) to monitor content on social media concerning its business under the recently amended Information Technology Rules.

“In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-clause (V) of clause (b) of rule 3 of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, the Central Government hereby notifies the Fact Check Unit under the Press Information Bureau of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting as the fact check unit of the Central Government for the purposes of the said sub-clause, in respect of any business of the Central Government,” the notification from ministry of electronic and information technology read.