A two-judge Bench of the Bombay High Court on Wednesday delivered a split verdict in comedian Kunal Kamra’s petition that challenges the Central government’s Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2023. The rules empower the Centre to establish a fact-checking unit (FCU) to identify fake, false and misleading information about the government’s business on social media platforms.
Justices Gautam Patel and Neela Gokhale pronounced the verdict on the four petitions filed by satirist Mr. Kamra, the Editors Guild of India, the Association of Indian Magazines and News Broadcast and Digital Association.
