PM withdraws fake news guidelines |
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s intervention, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry on Tuesday withdrew its press release which stated that journalists who “created” or “propagated” fake news would have lost their accreditation with the government. In a “clarification” issued on Tuesday, the ministry said, “This is to inform that the Press release on Fake news regulation issued on, 02 April 2018 stands withdrawn.”
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