According to the draft amendment, any news that has been identified as “fake” or false by the Press Information Bureau’s fact-checking unit or other Union government agencies will have to be taken down by all social media platforms. https://thewire.in/rights/motive-to-silence-critics-it-rules-draft-amendment-an-attempt-to-stifle-media-says-opposition
The opposition parties have said that with this move, the Narendra Modi government wants to “silence its critics” through social and digital media platforms, which remain the last bastions to call its actions to account.
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