Consulting stakeholders on ways to check misinformation flows: I&B minister

Union minister Anurag Singh Thakur on Tuesday said the central government was consulting stakeholders over means that can be adopted to stem misinformation flows into India, especially global media outlets.

Interacting with delegates at the Y20 summit here, the information and broadcasting minister said that the government has already issued guidelines for information-disseminating companies, one of which is appointment of a 'grievance officer', as part of its efforts to check the menace.

"The I&B Ministry is taking feedback on what else can be done to stop the flow of misinformation. Reporters and many individuals are doing their bit to spread positive news," he stated.

Thakur, who is also the Union Youth Affairs & Sports Minister, said with passage of time, "more maturity" will dawn on the media industry and the flow of misinformation will gradually ebb.

He noted that publishers, on being pointed out that fake news has been published or misinformation disseminated, takes ...