Bombay High Court Order Today On Centre's Move To Form Fact Check Unit Under IT Laws
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The Centre on March 20 had notified the fact check unit under the Press Information Bureau to monitor online content pertaining to the government for accuracy.
The Bombay High Court will today deliver its verdict on pleas by stand-up comic Kunal Kamra and the Editors Guild of India seeking to strike down IT Amendment Rules, 2023 which empowers the Central government to establish a fact check unit (FCU). A third judge of the high court is scheduled to deliver the verdict.
The case had gone to a third judge after the division bench of Bombay High Court in January delivered a split verdict in the matter.
The Centre on March 20 had notified the fact check unit under the Press Information Bureau (PIB) to monitor online content pertaining to the government for accuracy. The fact check unit was notified under IT Rules of 2021 by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
