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Former IT minister Kapil Sibal has attacked the Centre over the fact-check provisions of the IT Amendment Rules, saying now the government will decide what is fake and Union Home Minister Amit Shah says democracy is not in danger.
Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Thursday said internet firms like Google, Facebook and Twitter may lose protection under safe harbour if they fail to remove content identified by the government-notified fact-checker as false or misleading information.
Online Platforms :
Now PIB will decide what is fake and what is not and notify it
If online platforms choose to ignore they will lose their immunity from prosecution
Now Government to decide what is fake and what is not !
And Amit Shah ji says democracy is not in danger !
— Kapil Sibal (@KapilSibal) April 8, 2023
Reacting to the development, Sibal in a tweet said, “Now PIB will decide what is fake and what is not and notify it. If online platforms choose to ignore, they will lose their immunity from prosecution.” “Now Government to decide what is fake and what is not! And Amit Shah ji says democracy is not in danger,” the Rajya Sabha MP said.
Meanwhile ape per PTI report, Under attack over the fact-check provisions of the IT Amendment Rules, Union Electronics and Information Technology Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday dismissed the criticism as “deliberate misinformation”.
