The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has declared the fact check unit of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) as the fact check unit of the central government.
The ministry announced through a notification released today.
“In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-clause (v) of clause (b) of sub-rule (1) of rule 3 of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, 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 government notification said.