Govt Strengthens Framework to Combat Fake News and Deep Fakes across Media Platforms

Fact Check Unit of PIB Verifies the Authentic News and Counters Fake News Related to Central Govt

Fake news is commonly understood as information that is false or misleading and presented as news. A broad statutory and institutional framework already exists to address such harmful content across various media platforms.

Electronic Media • TV channels follow the Programme Code under the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 • It prohibits content that is obscene, defamatory, deliberately false, or that contains suggestive innuendos and half-truths. • Rules framed under the act establish a three-tier grievance redressal mechanism to address violations. Level I – Self-regulation by the broadcasters Level II – Regulation by broadcasters’ self-regulatory bodies Level III – Ov