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Indian government went to Supreme Court(SC) to control the news of Covid19 in media(to control fake news, as per government). SC upheld the right to free discu
by eqtn 7y ago
Indian government went to Supreme Court(SC) to control the news of Covid19 in media(to control fake news, as per government).
SC upheld the right to free discussion about COVID-19, even as it directed the media to refer to and publish the official version of the developments in order to avoid inaccuracies and large-scale panic. Aftermath is that the government got a chance to under report the positive cases and deaths and over report the testing capabilities.
source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/coronavirus-supreme-court-upholds-right-to-discuss-covid-19/article31218565.ece https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/coronavirus-supreme-c...
- rinka_singh 7y agoGiven the amount of fake information floating around and the impact it will have in such scary times, it will be better to have control on it. Granted that we must not stop alternative points of view from bubbling up but we have enough and more people generating fake news and muddying the water. Given the emergency situation it is much better have a greater degree of control. This is similar to the war time (WW-II) control on news agencies. The situation is similar.