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Ministry of Home Affairs
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Ministry of Electronics and IT
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Ministry of External Affairs
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Ministry of Finance
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2023, the Union government has added a provision of a fact-check unit to identify fake or false or misleading online content related to the government.
Detailed explanation-2: -(a) Currently, intermediaries are only required to inform users about not uploading certain categories of harmful/unlawful content. These amendments impose a legal obligation on intermediaries to take reasonable efforts to prevent users from uploading such content.
Detailed explanation-3: -The IT Rules, 2023 don’t specify what qualifies as false or misleading information or the qualifications and procedures for the fact-check unit. This has raised concerns about the government’s arbitrary power to determine what qualifies as fake news, as the rules do not provide a clear definition of the term.