Essential to know who’s creating pressure beneath fact-checking garb, says I&B Minister

With out naming anybody, Anurag Thakur additionally criticised some Opposition leaders for creating doubts among the many public concerning COVID-19 vaccines and the Agnipath scheme.

With out naming anybody, Anurag Thakur additionally criticised some Opposition leaders for creating doubts among the many public concerning COVID-19 vaccines and the Agnipath scheme.

Info and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday stated that lawful motion had been taken on complaints in opposition to those that tried to create pressure within the society on the pretext of fact-checking. 

Responding to a question from Rajya Sabha Member Manoj Kumar Jha of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), in an obvious reference to Alt Information co-founder Mohammed Zubair, Mr. Thakur stated: “It is usually essential to know who’s the fact-checker and who’s attempting to create pressure within the society beneath the garb of checking info.”

“If somebody complains in opposition to them, then motion is taken in line with the legislation,” he stated.

Mr. Jha had earlier stated that whereas fact-checkers had been being proceeded in opposition to, no strict motion was being taken in opposition to these indulging in hate speech. 

The Union Minister stated that in 2021-22, sturdy motion had been taken in opposition to the YouTube channels “working in opposition to the curiosity of the nation”. Responding to a query within the Rajya Sabha, he stated the Ministry had acted in opposition to 94 YouTube channels, 19 social media accounts and 747 URLs, and had them blocked. “These actions have been taken beneath the Part 69A of the Info Expertise Act,” he stated.

The Minister stated that the federal government had clamped down on the businesses working in opposition to the sovereignty of the nation by spreading pretend information and spreading propaganda on the Web.

By- The Hindu

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