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SC stays Centre's Fact Check Unit notification
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the March 20 notification of Fact Check Unit by the Centre government under the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules 2023 (IT Amendment Rules 2023).
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Centre notifies PIB Fact Check Unit under IT Rules 2021
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The Union government notified the Fact Check Unit (FCU) under the Press Information Bureau (PIB) of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) as the fact check unit of the Centre on Wednesday.
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MeITY consultation with stakeholders on draft IT Rules rescheduled to next
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The interaction and consultation with various stakeholders on the draft IT Rules by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeITY) initially scheduled for today has now been rescheduled for the coming week, sources told ANI.
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MIB agrees with proposed amendments to IT Rules, says will allow action ag
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Ministry for Information and Broadcasting has proposed to ask social media platforms to take down any such content that the Press Information Bureau (PIB) Fact Check unit has labelled as "false" or "fake"
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I-B Ministry exposes six YouTube channels for monetizing fake news; garner
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The PIB's Fact Check Unit pointed to six channels on YouTube -- Nation TV, Samvaad TV, Sarokar Bharat, Nation 24, Swarnim Bharat and Samvaad Samachar -- - which were using fake, clickbait and sensational thumbnails and images of television news anchors to mislead viewers into believing that
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Fake BSF Twitter account deleted as Centre activates its fact check unit,
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, September 7 (ANI) A fake Twitter account impersonating the Twitter handle of India's Border Security Force (BSF) was deleted as the Centre activated its fact check unit and the border guarding force delivered a strict note to Twitter.
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Centre warns against fake ministry statement enumerating COVID-19 related
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 15 (ANI): The Fact Check Unit of Press Information Bureau (PIB) has clarified that a message circulating on WhatsApp enumerating several COVID-19 related inputs is falsely claiming to be a press release by the Ministry of Health.
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Centre not providing Rs 1,000 under so-called 'Corona Sahayata Yojana': PI
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): The Fact Check Unit of Press Information Bureau (PIB) has clarified that the central government is not giving Rs 1,000 to anybody under the so-called 'Corona Sahayata Yojana', as claimed in widely circulating message on social media requiring people to clic
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Department of Telecom not providing free internet during lockdown: PIB
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): Fact Check Unit of Press Information Bureau has clarified that the Department of Telecom is not providing free internet to all users till May 3, 2020, to enable them to work from home by clicking on a given link.
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PIB sets up COVID-19 Fact Check Unit
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): The Press Information Bureau (PIB) has set up a COVID-19 Fact Check Unit which will receive messages by email and send its response in quick time.
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