Bombay HC strikes down amended IT Rules on fake news; speaks of their 'chilling effect'The Bombay High Court has struck down amended IT Rules that aimed to identify fake content about the government on social media. The court ...
PNB MetLife appoints Vijayalakshmi Natarajan as chief risk & compliance officerNatarajan, an industry veteran with over three decades of experience, is responsible for enterprise compliance, risk management, design and...
P2P lenders under stress; Pocket FM’s unicorn funding roundPeer-to-peer lending companies such as Liquiloans, Lendbox, and Faircent are putting the brakes on their instant withdrawal products. This ...
Supreme Court puts on hold govt's fact-check unit notificationThe stay will remain in place till the Bombay High Court finally decides the constitution validity of the Information Technology (Intermedi...
More power to fact checkers, not govSupreme Court stopped GoI's Fact Checking Unit, pending Bombay HC's IT Rules decision. Platforms must prevent fake news to keep safe harbou...
Media bodies hail SC order on fact-checking unit, say govt can’t be sole arbiter of its own affairsAnant Nath, president of Editors Guild of India and the Association of Indian Magazines, both of which are petitioners in the fact-check un...
SC stays Centre’s fact check unit, says it impacts fundamental right of freedom of speech and expressionThe Supreme Court has halted the implementation of the FCU Rules issued by the Union Government until the Bombay High Court decides on chal...
Govt notifies fact-checking unit under PIB to check fake news, misinformation related to CentreThe rules mandate all social media and internet intermediaries to make reasonable efforts to ensure that the users of its platforms should ...
Govt notifies PIB’s fact check unit“In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-clause (V) of clause (b) of rule 3 of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and D...
Bombay High Court delivers split verdict on amended IT rules on ‘Fact Check Units’The Bombay High Court delivered a split verdict on petitions challenging the amended Information Technology (IT) Rules regarding fake news ...
PIB Fact Check Unit busted 1,276 cases of fake news, says Anurag ThakurThe Fact Check Unit (FCU) of the Press Information Bureau has busted 1,276 cases of fake news since its inception in November 2019, Union I...
Fact-checking unit unlikely to be notified until July 28The government will not constitute its Fact Check Unit (FCU) to identify and tag fake news till July 28 as it is expected to make its argum...
Fact-checking unit unlikely to be notified until July 28On Friday, lawyer Gautam Bhatia argued before Bombay HC on behalf of Association of Indian Magazines in the challenge to IT Rules, 2023, wh...
Bombay HC: Can't bring hammer to kill ant; Centre's IT Rules against fake news may be excessiveThe Bombay High Court on Friday said the recently amended Information Technology (IT) Rules regarding fake content on social media against ...
Fact Checking Unit not to be notified until July 14 as petitioners yet to complete submissionsThe government on June 7 had informed the Bombay HC that it would not constitute the proposed fact-checking body to identify fake news unti...
Congress opposes draft IT rules on PIB's power to fact-check newsIn contrast, the I&B ministry, which has under its ambit news channels and digital media, is in complete agreement of the proposed amendmen...
PIB's COVID-19 Fact Check Unit becomes operationalThe unit is headed by the bureau's director general, Nitin Wakankar, a statement issued by the PIB said.