SC to decide legality of Centre's fact-check unit

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that it would lay down the law on the Union government's attempt to establish a Fact-Checking Unit (FCU) to flag fake or misleading information about the business of the government, observing that individuals, digital platforms and intermediaries must share responsibility along with state institutions in tackling content that could be damaging to the nation.

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A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and justices R Mahadevan and Joymalya Bagchi admitted the Centre's appeal against the Bombay high court's September 2024 judgment that struck down the provision enabling the government to set up such a unit under the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.