'Fighting Fakery' Says Central Govt On 'Fake Check' Of PIB | Critics Tag As 'Censorship' | Politics

The opposition parties and the critics slammed the central government led by Prime Minister for tarnishing democracy and preaching autocracy and dictatorship by controlling the information on the internet. This comes after the notification of the IT Ministry to rule out a new law that will render powers to the Press Information Bureau (PIB) to fact-check any “fake, false, or misleading” information about the central government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Google. "This is a clear and sincere effort by the government to tackle fake news on the centre."Watch Times Now for the latest updates!#fakenews #centre #pib #censorship #politics #timesnow