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A Parliamentary sheet has asked the authorities to research the feasibility of amending the penal provisions for publishing oregon telecasting fake news to see cancelling the accreditation of the writer oregon the creator recovered blameworthy of indulging successful specified an act, according to a study tabled successful Parliament connected Tuesday (December 2, 2025).
The Parliamentary Standing Committee connected Communications and Information Technology, chaired by BJP subordinate Nishikant Dubey, besides asked the authorities to specify the word 'fake news' and incorporated suitable clauses successful the existing regulatory model for the media to combat misinformation and support state of speech.
The study connected 'Review of Mechanism to curb Fake News' besides asked the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to consult each the stakeholders portion arriving astatine the explanation of fake news. "There is besides a request to amend the penal provisions for publishing/telecasting fake quality successful applicable Acts/Rules/Guidelines for each signifier of media (print, electronic, digital)," the Committee said.
It said the Ministry whitethorn research the feasibility of cancelling the accreditation of a journalist/creator if recovered blameworthy of creating and/or propagating fake news. "Needless to say, each these should impact and look from a consensus-building workout among media bodies and the applicable stakeholders," the Committee said.
The study stated that, successful airy of the ambiguity related to the presumption “misinformation” and “fake news,” the committee feels determination is simply a request to specify the word “fake news” successful a nuanced manner.
It besides urged the authorities to incorporated suitable clauses into the existing regulatory model for print, electronic, and integer media portion maintaining the delicate equilibrium betwixt combating misinformation and protecting state of code and idiosyncratic rights arsenic guaranteed nether the Constitution.
The Committee besides said that having a fact-checking mechanics and interior ombudsman successful media organisations volition spell a agelong mode successful strengthening the relation of self-regulatory mechanics and checking the menace of misinformation/fake news.
It asked the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to guarantee that the fact-checking mechanics and interior ombudsman are made mandatory successful each print, digital, and physics media organisations of the country.
