The central government on Wednesday notified the setting up of a fact-checking unit (FCU) under the Press Information Bureau of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting under the recently amended Information Technology Rules.
It is understood that the unit has been created to monitor content on social media.
“In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-clause (v) of clause (b) of sub-rule (1) of rule 3 of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, the Central Government hereby notifies the Fact Check Unit under the Press Information Bureau of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting as the fact check unit of the Central Government for the purposes of the said sub-clause, in respect of any business of the Central Government,” read the statement from the government.
