While hearing the pleas earlier, a different bench of the Court had stated that news channels often give space for hate speech and then escape without any sanctions.
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The Union Ministry for Information and Broadcasting (MIB) is in agreement with the Ministry of Information and Technology s proposed amendments to ask social media platforms to take down any such content that the Press Information Bureau (PIB) Fact Check unit has labelled as false or fake.
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The statement came amid the controversy over derogatory remarks about Prophet Muhammad made during a TV debate by now-suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma.