The government’s fact checking body under the Press Information Bureau has taken action in 28,380 instances involving “fake news” on digital platforms between November 2020 and June this year, Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur said today in response to an unstarred question in the Rajya Sabha.
As per data shared by the I&B ministry, the most such instances of fake news were reported in April and May 2021, when it took action against 5,387 and 1,754 posts, respectively, at the peak of the second wave of Covid-19.
