Senior journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta talks to NewsClick about the recent order issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting meant to control ‘fake news’. He talks about the contents of the order, what the government was trying to achieve through it, and the increasing complex challenges being presented by the propagation of fake news.
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Link of the recording of the 70-minute deposition on 14 February 2022 by Paranjoy Guha Thakurta to the Supreme Court-appointed committee headed by Justice (retired) R V Raveendran on allegations of misuse of the Israeli Pegasus spyware on Indian citizens: https://pegasus-india-investigation.in/depositions/paranjoy-guha-thakurta-statement/