on April 6 announced a state-run fact-checking unit that will have sweeping powers to label any piece of information related to the government as “fake, false or misleading” and have it removed from social media. How can the government be the judge, jury, and executioner of what is fake news, when BJP is the biggest manufacturer of fake news?”Rest of World reached out to India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) with a set of questions, but did not get a response at the time of publishing. The process of seeking feedback from stakeholders seemed rushed, which raises questions about the government’s intention, said Waghre