Centre set to notify fact check unit

The fact check unit under the Press Information Bureau will be the fact check unit for the Central Government, according to an official notification issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on March 20.

"The central government hereby notifies the Fact Check Unit under the Press Information Bureau of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting as the fact check unit of the Central Government for the purposes of the said sub-clause, in respect of any business of the Central Government," the notification said.

Social media platforms who do not take down fake news notified by the fact check unit will lose safe harbour from legal liability for such articles.