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Self-regulation the only way to avoid govt interference in news, panel told
1 month ago

Self-regulation the only way to avoid govt interference in news, panel told

Hindustan Times  

Self-regulation is the only way to avoid government interference in regulating news media, two industry bodies representing news channels, magazines and newspapers told the parliamentary standing committee on communication and information technology on Thursday. Self-regulation the only way to avoid govt interference in news, panel told The Editors Guild of India and the News Broadcasters & Digital Association, along with …

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Dhiraj Singh takes charge as FTII director
4 months, 1 week ago

Dhiraj Singh takes charge as FTII director

Hindustan Times  

Dhiraj Singh, an Indian Information Service officer of the 1995 batch, took charge as the director of Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, stated a Press Information Bureau release on Tuesday. Singh has worked in the field of media, communication and public policy during his career spanning over 28 years. At PIB, he handled media and communication for the …

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Supreme Court stays IT Ministry’s notification establishing fact check unit under PIB to identify fake news
9 months ago

Supreme Court stays IT Ministry’s notification establishing fact check unit under PIB to identify fake news

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on March 21 stayed a government notification of March 20 establishing the Press Information Bureau’s Fact Checking Unit to act as a “deterrent” against the creation and dissemination of fake news or misinformation regarding the “business” of the Centre. The Bench said the implementation of the March 20, 2024 notification would remain stayed until a third judge …

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Centre notifies Fact Check Unit under PIB
9 months ago

Centre notifies Fact Check Unit under PIB

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: A week after the Mumbai High Court refused to stay the formation of Fact Check Unit, the Centre on Wednesday notified the division under the Press Information Bureau of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. A division bench comprising Justice Gautam Patel and Justice Neela Gokhale of the High Court on March 13 dismissed the applications seeking a …

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RPF Sub Inspector, Constable Recruitment 2024 fake notification viralling on social media, confirms PIB
9 months, 3 weeks ago

RPF Sub Inspector, Constable Recruitment 2024 fake notification viralling on social media, confirms PIB

India TV News  

A notification regarding the recruitment to the post of sub-inspector and constable posts in the Railway Protection Force has been circulating on social media. Taking to the microblogging website, X, formerly known as, Twitter, PIB Fact check team wrote, 'A #Fake notice issued in name of Railway Ministry regarding recruitment of sub-inspector & constable in Railway Protection force is circulating …

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RPF recruitment notice for SI, Constable vacancies is fake, PIB Fact Check confirms
9 months, 3 weeks ago

RPF recruitment notice for SI, Constable vacancies is fake, PIB Fact Check confirms

Hindustan Times  

RRB RPF Recruitment 2024: The Railway Recruitment Boards have not announced any recruitment process for Sub Inspector and Constable vacancies in the Railway Protection Force, centres Press Information Bureau said Monday evening and confirmed that the notification being circulated on various media platforms is fake. RRB RPF SI, Constable recruitment 2024 notice is fake “A #Fake notice issued in name …

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PIB fact-check unit flags nine YouTube channels for allegedly spreading fake news
1 year ago

PIB fact-check unit flags nine YouTube channels for allegedly spreading fake news

The Hindu  

The fact-check unit of the Press Information Bureau has flagged nine YouTube channels for allegedly spreading fake news and misinformation in India. Expressing serious concern over the monetisation of fake news on YouTube, a government official said the nine channels had over 83 lakh subscribers. A #YouTube channel named '𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲' with more than 3.3 lakh subscribers and more than …

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PIB conducts workshop for journalists in Tiruppur
1 year, 3 months ago

PIB conducts workshop for journalists in Tiruppur

The Hindu  

A ‘rural media orientation-cum-workshop’ was conducted under the aegis of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in Tiruppur on Friday to orient mediapersons on the approach towards disseminating information about government schemes and initiatives, against the backdrop of the spread of unverified content through social media. M. Annadurai, Additional Director General, Press Information Bureau and Central Bureau of Communication, said the …

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How the Siddaramaiah government plans to checkmate fake news in Karnataka
1 year, 3 months ago

How the Siddaramaiah government plans to checkmate fake news in Karnataka

The Hindu  

Published : Aug 31, 2023 12:24 IST - 8 MINS READ In a move aimed at tackling the surge of misinformation in Karnataka, the State government has decided to set up a fact-checking unit under the Home Department. Home Minister G. Parameshwara, who has been part of these deliberations over the past two months, also stated in June that the …

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FACT CHECK: Is 'Rojgarsevak.org' official website of MGNREGA? Here's the truth
1 year, 4 months ago

FACT CHECK: Is 'Rojgarsevak.org' official website of MGNREGA? Here's the truth

India TV News  

India TV Fact Check: In the age of social media proliferation, everyday countless pictures go viral on social media platforms. One such picture is going viral on the internet these days, claiming to be the 'Rojgar Sevak' is the official website of MNREGA. Image Source : INDIA TVScreenshot of fake website India TV did a fact check When India TV's …

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FACT CHECK: Don't fall prey to these fake social media handles of IB, PIB | DETAILS
1 year, 4 months ago

FACT CHECK: Don't fall prey to these fake social media handles of IB, PIB | DETAILS

India TV News  

In today's era of social media, from government organisations to private companies and NGOs, everyone has their own official social media handle. Some of those channels are copying and sharing the content available on PIB's official social media handle, while some are sending movies and personal promotion type information. Channel When we came to know about fake channels being run …

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Sweeping powers to PIB amounts to censorship: CPI(M)
1 year, 8 months ago

Sweeping powers to PIB amounts to censorship: CPI(M)

The Hindu  

The CPI has attacked the Narendra Modi government for amending the IT Rules 2021, giving “sweeping powers” to the government’s public relation outreach department — Press Information Bureau, to fact-check information about the Central government on social media platforms and termed it a form of “censorship”. As per the changes notified on Thursday through the Information Technology Amendment Rules, 2023, …

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Online platforms must take down PIB-flagged ‘fake news’
1 year, 8 months ago

Online platforms must take down PIB-flagged ‘fake news’

The Hindu  

Social media platforms and other intermediaries on the Internet are now required to make sure that “fake news” articles about the Union Government, which have been declared as such by the Press Information Bureau, are taken down from their platforms when they are alerted to such posts. Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar outlined a defence …

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PIB fact-check unit’s ambit will be limited to content about Centre, officials say
1 year, 11 months ago

PIB fact-check unit’s ambit will be limited to content about Centre, officials say

The Hindu  

The mandate of the Press Information Bureau’s fact-check unit is to examine the veracity of only the contents related to the Central government ministries and organisations, and will remain so even when it is empowered to get any fake content removed from the social media platforms, according to government officials. A draft amendment to the Information Technology Rules, 2021, provides …

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Interested party: The Hindu Editorial on facts, checks and the Press Information Bureau
1 year, 11 months ago

Interested party: The Hindu Editorial on facts, checks and the Press Information Bureau

The Hindu  

A proposal by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology that seeks to force social media platforms to take down content “fact-checked” by the Government’s Press Information Bureau as false needs to be opposed without even a second look. The proposed amendment to the IT Rules opens the door for the PIB or any other agency “authorised by the central …

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Govt alone cannot determine fake news, says Editors Guild on amendment to IT Law
1 year, 11 months ago

Govt alone cannot determine fake news, says Editors Guild on amendment to IT Law

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Editors Guild of India on Wednesday urged the government to “expunge” the draft amendment to the IT Rules asking social media companies to take down news articles that have been deemed "fake" by the Press Information Bureau. "At the outset, determination of fake news cannot be in the sole hands of the government and will result in …

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Centre alone cannot determine fake news, says Editors Guild
1 year, 11 months ago

Centre alone cannot determine fake news, says Editors Guild

The Hindu  

Expressing concern over a draft amendment made to the Information Technology Rules-2021 by the Ministry of Electronics and IT, which empowers the Press Information Bureau to “fact-check” contents and direct social media platforms to take down anything deemed “fake”, the Editors Guild of India on Wednesday sought its removal. The Guild also urged the Ministry to initiate consultations with press …

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News marked false by PIB to be taken down: draft rule
1 year, 11 months ago

News marked false by PIB to be taken down: draft rule

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on Tuesday proposed a draft rule that would require social media platforms to take down content that has been “fact-checked” by the Press Information Bureau’s fact check unit as false. Rule 3 of the amended version of the Information Technology Rules, 2021 state that platforms “shall make reasonable efforts to cause the user …

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Will Schools and Colleges be Closed Due to Covid-19?
1 year, 11 months ago

Will Schools and Colleges be Closed Due to Covid-19?

News 18  

Recently, a lot many news and screenshots are going viral on social media, in which it is being told that all the schools will remain closed for the next 20 days. PIB tweeted that the news of the issuance of the government order to close the schools and colleges is completely false. “Many news are being shared on social media …

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PIB’s fact-check unit detects three YouTube channels spreading fake news
2 years ago

PIB’s fact-check unit detects three YouTube channels spreading fake news

The Hindu  

The fact-check unit of the Press Information Bureau has detected three YouTube channels which were allegedly circulating fake news pertaining to the Supreme Court and the top Constitutional functionaries. “This is the first time when PIB has exposed entire YouTube channels as against individual posts on social media spreading false claims,” said the Ministry. “Examples include fake news such as …

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Govt bans 7 Indian, 1 Pakistani YouTube channels for spreading fake, anti-India content, 102 YT channels banned so far
2 years, 4 months ago

Govt bans 7 Indian, 1 Pakistani YouTube channels for spreading fake, anti-India content, 102 YT channels banned so far

Op India  

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has informed that 7 Indian and 1 Pakistan-based YouTube channel have been blocked under IT rules, 2021. Blocked YouTube channels had over 114 crore views, and 85 lakh 73 thousand subscribers Fake anti-India content was being monetized by the blocked channels on YouTubehttps://t.co/FHeROCOBrb 2/2 — PIB India August 18, 2022 In its press release, …

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NEET 2022 Now in September? PIB Issues clarification Over Viral Notice
2 years, 6 months ago

NEET 2022 Now in September? PIB Issues clarification Over Viral Notice

News 18  

The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test 2022 will be held on September 4, claimed a notice going viral on social media platforms. AP Inter LIVE Updates “A notice is doing rounds on social media claiming that the National Testing Agency has rescheduled the NEET for 4th September 2022 instead of 17th July 2022. A notice is doing rounds on social …

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SBI Customers Alert! Do not Reply to this 'Fake' Message, Says Govt; Details Here
2 years, 7 months ago

SBI Customers Alert! Do not Reply to this 'Fake' Message, Says Govt; Details Here

News 18  

SBI Fake SMS: The media wing of the central government, Press Information Bureau, or PIB has alerted customers of the State Bank of India of a fake SMS in circulation, claiming that their accounts have been blocked. “A message in circulation claiming that your @TheOfficialSBI account has been blocked is #FAKE.” In response to battle this fraudulent activity PIB has …

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Government is warning SBI users to delete this message immediately or lose money
2 years, 7 months ago

Government is warning SBI users to delete this message immediately or lose money

India Today  

The State Bank of India is warning users of a new scam that scammers are using to steal money and personal details. The Press Information Bureau, that disseminates information to the print and electronic media on government policies, programmes, initiatives and achievements, is the one warning SBI users of this new SMS scam. In one of the tweets, PIB noted, …

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