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"Not Till September 4": What Centre Told High Court On New Rules For Fake News
The Centre today informed the Bombay High Court that it won't notify till September 4 the 'Fact Check Unit' (FCU) under the recently amended Information Technology (IT) Rules to flag fake content on social media against the government.
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Can't Bring Hammer To Kill Ant: High Court On Centre's New IT Rules For Fake News
Bombay High Court today said the recently amended IT Rules against fake content on social media against the government may be excessive, quipping that one cannot bring a hammer to kill an ant.
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IT Rules on Fake News: Bombay Court Says Important to Know Boundaries, Limits of Words
The Bombay High Court asked on Friday to hear a bunch of petitions against the recently amended Information Technology (IT) Rules against fake news. A division bench said before it goes into the effect the Rules would have on the fundamental rights of citizens, it needs to know the boundaries and limits of the words - fake, false, and misleading - ...
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What Centre Told Court On Plea Challenging New IT Rules
The Union government on Wednesday told the Bombay High Court that it would not notify the fact-checking unit for identifying fake news against the government on social media till July 10.
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Won’t Notify Fact-Checking Unit Till July 10, Centre Tells HC; Two New Pleas Filed Against IT Rules
The Centre on Wednesday told the Bombay High Court it was extending till July 10 its earlier statement that it won’t notify its fact-checking unit to identify fake news against the government on social media, even as two new petitions were filed challenging the recently amended IT Rules.
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"Now Centre Will Decide What Is Fake News? And Amit Shah Says...": Kapil Sibal
Former IT minister Kapil Sibal today slammed the Centre over the fact-check provisions of the IT Amendment Rules, saying now the government will decide what is fake and Union Home Minister Amit Shah says democracy is not in danger.
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Centre Announces New Fact-Check Body. Here's How It Will Flag "Fake News"
Announcing the guidelines for online gaming, the minister said that the final rule on the fact-checking unit is still in work
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Government to Hold Discussions With Stakeholders on PIB Fact Checks for Social Media in February: MoS IT
The government will hold discussions with stakeholders before its controversial plan to give powers to its arm the Press Information Bureau (PIB) to police fake news on social media, according to Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has prop...
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WhatsApp, Twitter Show Resistance as Government’s Fight Against Fake News Targets Dissent
Twitter and WhatsApp are pushing back after being targeted as part of the government’s recent actions aimed at rooting out cybercrimes and what it calls “fake news” on social media. As part of the amended IT Rules, executives at companies that don’t comply with content removal requests could face jail time. The government sent YouTube 1,670...
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"He Was Busting Your Fake News": Congress To BJP On Fact-Checker's Arrest
The Congress hit out at the ruling BJP on Tuesday over the arrest of Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair for allegedly hurting religious sentiments and said the "coward" government is sending out a message to those who expose its "fake news".
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Social Media Firms May Soon Have To Maintain Database Of Mobile Numbers: Report
The information technology (IT) ministry has proposed that social media companies should maintain a database of active mobile numbers of all their users for verification purpose under a revised set of rules, according to a source.
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Social Media Rules May Make User ID Verification Mandatory
Social media platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok may have to scramble for developing account identity-verification option to check "fake news, malicious content, misinformation, racial slurs, gender abuse that may have an impact on the individual and society as a whole".
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Facebook, Google, Twitter Urged to Do More to Combat Fake News in EU
Facebook, Google and Twitter must do more to tackle fake news or face regulatory action, the European Commission said on Tuesday.
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Rules To Regulate Social Media By January 15: Centre To Supreme Court
New rules to regulate hate speech, fake news, defamatory posts and anti-national activities on social media will be finalised by January 15, the government told the Supreme Court today. The top court also transferred all cases pending at the Madras, Bombay and Madhya Pradesh High Courts, concerning a demand for sharing of decrypted data of social m...
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Facebook Brings Stricter Ads Rules to Countries With Big 2019 Votes
As the largest social media service in nearly every big country, Facebook since 2016 has become a means for politicians and their adversaries to distribute fake news and other propaganda.
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"Not Till September 4": What Centre Told High Court On New Rules For Fake News
The Centre today informed the Bombay High Court that it won't notify till September 4 the 'Fact Check Unit' (FCU) under the recently amended Information Technology (IT) Rules to flag fake content on social media against the government.
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Can't Bring Hammer To Kill Ant: High Court On Centre's New IT Rules For Fake News
Bombay High Court today said the recently amended IT Rules against fake content on social media against the government may be excessive, quipping that one cannot bring a hammer to kill an ant.
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IT Rules on Fake News: Bombay Court Says Important to Know Boundaries, Limits of Words
The Bombay High Court asked on Friday to hear a bunch of petitions against the recently amended Information Technology (IT) Rules against fake news. A division bench said before it goes into the effect the Rules would have on the fundamental rights of citizens, it needs to know the boundaries and limits of the words - fake, false, and misleading - ...
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What Centre Told Court On Plea Challenging New IT Rules
The Union government on Wednesday told the Bombay High Court that it would not notify the fact-checking unit for identifying fake news against the government on social media till July 10.
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Won’t Notify Fact-Checking Unit Till July 10, Centre Tells HC; Two New Pleas Filed Against IT Rules
The Centre on Wednesday told the Bombay High Court it was extending till July 10 its earlier statement that it won’t notify its fact-checking unit to identify fake news against the government on social media, even as two new petitions were filed challenging the recently amended IT Rules.
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"Now Centre Will Decide What Is Fake News? And Amit Shah Says...": Kapil Sibal
Former IT minister Kapil Sibal today slammed the Centre over the fact-check provisions of the IT Amendment Rules, saying now the government will decide what is fake and Union Home Minister Amit Shah says democracy is not in danger.
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Centre Announces New Fact-Check Body. Here's How It Will Flag "Fake News"
Announcing the guidelines for online gaming, the minister said that the final rule on the fact-checking unit is still in work
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Government to Hold Discussions With Stakeholders on PIB Fact Checks for Social Media in February: MoS IT
The government will hold discussions with stakeholders before its controversial plan to give powers to its arm the Press Information Bureau (PIB) to police fake news on social media, according to Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has prop...
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WhatsApp, Twitter Show Resistance as Government’s Fight Against Fake News Targets Dissent
Twitter and WhatsApp are pushing back after being targeted as part of the government’s recent actions aimed at rooting out cybercrimes and what it calls “fake news” on social media. As part of the amended IT Rules, executives at companies that don’t comply with content removal requests could face jail time. The government sent YouTube 1,670...
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"He Was Busting Your Fake News": Congress To BJP On Fact-Checker's Arrest
The Congress hit out at the ruling BJP on Tuesday over the arrest of Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair for allegedly hurting religious sentiments and said the "coward" government is sending out a message to those who expose its "fake news".
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Social Media Firms May Soon Have To Maintain Database Of Mobile Numbers: Report
The information technology (IT) ministry has proposed that social media companies should maintain a database of active mobile numbers of all their users for verification purpose under a revised set of rules, according to a source.
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Social Media Rules May Make User ID Verification Mandatory
Social media platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok may have to scramble for developing account identity-verification option to check "fake news, malicious content, misinformation, racial slurs, gender abuse that may have an impact on the individual and society as a whole".
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Facebook, Google, Twitter Urged to Do More to Combat Fake News in EU
Facebook, Google and Twitter must do more to tackle fake news or face regulatory action, the European Commission said on Tuesday.
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Rules To Regulate Social Media By January 15: Centre To Supreme Court
New rules to regulate hate speech, fake news, defamatory posts and anti-national activities on social media will be finalised by January 15, the government told the Supreme Court today. The top court also transferred all cases pending at the Madras, Bombay and Madhya Pradesh High Courts, concerning a demand for sharing of decrypted data of social m...
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Facebook Brings Stricter Ads Rules to Countries With Big 2019 Votes
As the largest social media service in nearly every big country, Facebook since 2016 has become a means for politicians and their adversaries to distribute fake news and other propaganda.
