India will fact-check online posts about government matters

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https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/20/india-grants-govt-agency-power-to-fact-check-govt-matters/

In India, a government-run agency will now monitor and undertake fact-checking for government related matters on social media even as tech giants In India, a government-run agency will now monitor and undertake fact-checking for government related matters on social media.

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jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Oh, becoming closer to the worst of the US.

Just looking at the current SCOTUS updates on social media ‘misinformation’ and ‘censorship’.

The Ministry of Information and Broadcast established the fact-checking unit of Press Information Bureau in 2019 with the aim to dispel misinformation about government matters. The unit, however, has been criticized for falsely labeling information critical to the government as misleading.

The Editors Guild of India and comedian Kunal Kamra recently legally challenged New Delhi from moving ahead with the proposal. In a petition, Kamra cautioned that New Delhi’s move could create an environment that forces social media firms to welcome “a regime of self- interested censorship.”

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