In its notice, the Editors Guild of India flagged that the new rules, which were notified by the MeitY on Thursday, failed to mention the governing mechanism for such a fact checking unit.
The statement also criticises and calls "surprising" the fact that the Union government notified this amendment 'without any meaningful consultation that it had promised' after it withdrew the earlier draft amendments it had put out in January 2023.
'The Proposed Amendment will bypass all requirements, and introduce a new, third and a far more simplified route for passing blocking orders, and without any checks and balances.'