Rajya Sabha MP and former IT Minister Kapil Sibal on Saturday lashed out at the BJP-led Central government over the announcement of a fact-check provisions of the IT Amendment Rules announced by IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reacting to Chandrasekhar\u2019s announcement that internet giants such as Facebook, Twitter and Google risk losing safe harbour protection if they fail to remove content flagged by the government-notified fact-checker as false or misleading information, Sibal asked if the government will now decide what is fake news\u2026 \u201cand yet Union Home Minister Amit Shah says democracy is not in danger.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said the PIB will now decide and flag what is fake or not and if internet platforms choose to ignore the recommended edits, they will lose their immunity from prosecution\u2026 \u201cand Amit Shah ji says democracy is not in danger?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sibal was responding to Amit Shah\u2019s remarks in Uttar Pradesh where the home minister launched a scathing attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over the Gandhi scion\u2019s recent comments on democracy during speeches in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shah in a sharp retort to the former Wayanad MP\u2019s comments said that democracy isn\u2019t danger but the Gandhi family and its idea of dynasty politics is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Thursday, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar 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 fake or misleading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The minister, while releasing guidelines under the IT Rules 2021, announced that the IT ministry will notify an entity that will flag false information posted online pertaining to the government, adding that the work on fact check is still in progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chandrasekhar, however, dismissed apprehensions and criticism of the rule change as “deliberate misinformation”, saying that the new rules do not mean sweeping or draconian powers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He noted that IT Rules already have provisions from Oct 2022, which mandate Social Media intermediaries to not carry certain types of content if they are to have legal immunity under Sec79 of IT act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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