Need To Know Boundaries Of 3 Words: High Court On IT Rules Against Fake News
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It asked if opinions and editorial content on any policy of the government can also be held as misleading.
The Bombay High Court on Friday said before it considers the effects of amended Information Technology (IT) Rules on the fundamental rights of citizens, it needs to know the boundaries and limits of three words - 'fake, false, and misleading'.
It asked if opinions and editorial content on any policy of the government can also be held as misleading, and sought to know if it was permissible in law for a statute to have unbound and limitless discretionary authority.
A division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Neela Gokhale said this while hearing a bunch of petitions challenging the IT Rules that empower the Centre to identify fake, false, and misleading information posted on social media against the government and its business.