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21/03/24 04:34 AM IST

MeitY notifies PIB fact check unit as fact checker of Central Government

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  • The Centre recently notified the fact check unit under the Press Information Bureau as the authorised unit for the Union government.
Fact Check unit
  • The unit will take a call on whether online information related to the Central Government is accurate.
  • The body will have the authority to label content related to the government on online platforms like Facebook and Twitter as “fake” or “misleading”.
  • Content flagged by the unit will have to be taken down if they wish to retain their ‘safe harbour,’ which is legal immunity they enjoy against third-party content.
  • Social media sites will have to take down such posts, and internet service providers will have to block URLs of such content.
  • Functionally, when this unit flags a piece of content as fake, social media platforms will have to take it down as part of their due diligence requirement under the IT Rules.
  • In fact, not just social media companies, but even internet and telecom service providers like Jio and Airtel will have to block that information, meaning that a web link of a particular report could potentially be blocked.
Source- PIB

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