New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Saturday slammed the Centre amid the controversy over its notification on Thursday to appoint a fact-checker to track fake news and have them taken down.
Taking to Twitter, Sibal claimed that the Press Information Bureau (PIB) has been anointed as the designated fact checker and tracker of fake news.
“Online Platforms: Now PIB will decide what is fake and what is not and notify it,” Sibal tweeted.
He further posted, “Now Government to decide what is fake and what is not! And Amit Shah ji says democracy is not in danger!”
While former Congress leader claimed that the PIB has been anointed as the fake news police, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday clarified that the rules notified yesterday (Thursday) do not mention “PIB Fact Check”.
The Union minister clarified reports that as per the amended Information Technology…
