On Thursday, that proposal was notified by the Ministry of Electronics and IT. Though the reference to the PIB was removed in the final rules, with the government saying it will notify a fact-check unit, the spirit of the legislation remained the same.
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The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, in its note on the Digital India Bill has said that the IT Act, which it will replace, lacks 'distinct regulatory approaches for harmful and illegal content.'
Once enacted, the Digital India Bill aims to replace the IT Act, 2000, and address a whole gamut of issues shrouding the internet, which the existing IT Act does not