Editors Guild Of India

The undertaking given by the Centre to the Bombay High Court to not constitute the Fact Check Unit has been extended to September 4. This pertains to a case being heard regarding the constitutionality of the Information Technology (Amendment) Rules, 2023 in a PIL filed by political satirist Kunal Kamra and the Association of Indian Magazines. A bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Neela Gokhale are hearing a batch of petitions challenging the constitutionality of the IT Rules.Also read | MeitY likely to lead proposed body…

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is giving itself authority to constitute a fact checking unit with sweeping powers to determine what news is fake or false with respect to the business of the central government, and content take down orders to intermediaries, the Editors Guild of India (EGI) said in a statement on Friday. The EGI said that it is "deeply disturbed" by the move and has sought its withdrawal. The EGI is an association of news editors in the country. "The Ministry's notification…