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PIB’s fact-checking unit makes a comeback: Lack of time trumps credibility concerns
March 21, 2024 5:43 am
In April, when it notified the final rules, it dropped the mention of the PIB. But, on Wednesday, in a notification, it said it would be the PIB’s fact check unit that would be conferred with those powers.
Centre notifies its fact check unit to red-flag news it considers false
March 21, 2024 7:18 am
With this notification, social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X are now legally obligated to take down content flagged as misinformation by this fact check unit, or risk facing litigation.
Delhi Confidential: A Little Help From Kin
September 15, 2023 7:18 am
Although Mansukh Mandaviya has adopted all TB patients in his hometown — Palitana in Gujarat — under the Centre’s Ni-Kshay mitra programme, he is not always able to be home and distribute the monthly nutritional kits. In his absence, his brothers and their children take over the responsibility.
Govt says fact-check body to curb misinformation, critics allege censorship
April 09, 2023 7:59 am
On Thursday, that proposal was notified by the Ministry of Electronics and IT. Though the reference to the PIB was removed in the final rules, with the government saying it will notify a fact-check unit, the spirit of the legislation remained the same.
Rajeev Chandrasekhar: ‘Open to idea of self-regulatory body to certify trusted fact-checkers’
January 27, 2023 7:13 am
Not trying to retrofit a particular organisation, says MoS IT Chandrasekhar
Govt invites comment on draft amendment to remove content flagged by PIB as false
January 19, 2023 9:44 pm
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on Tuesday released a modification to the draft Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, which it had previously released for public consultation.
Journalists' groups write to I&B Minister against new accreditation guidelines
February 11, 2022 8:36 pm
The letter, with the subject “Protest by the journalists against the new guidelines” was written by the Press Club of India’s president and secretary general.
The de-facto Congress president often acts spontaneously without consulting advisers
December 19, 2021 10:25 am
🔴 Coomi Kapoor writes: Rahul Gandhi's remarks were too philosophical for the average listener and he played into the BJP’s hands since the ruling party, fearing that it is on a weak wicket on prices, is keen to exploit the Hindutva card in UP.
Vaccine and death: Govt rebuts claim, Facebook takes it down, then restores it
June 05, 2021 10:31 am
On May 25, the ‘PIB Fact Check’ handle shared a post on Facebook and Instagram, in which it had debunked a claim attributed to French Nobel Prize winner Luc Montagnier that people getting vaccinated against Covid-19 would die within two years.
Prime Minister opens Maitri bridge with Bangladesh, woos Tripura with ‘HIRA-wala development’
March 10, 2021 1:10 am
The National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) was assigned the project and the bridge came up at a cost of Rs 133 crores.
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