What happened in UP illustrates Twitter’s arbitrariness in fighting fake news: Law Minister slams Twitter citing failure to comply with IT Rules

"While Twitter has been over-enthusiastic about its fact-checking mechanism, its failure to act in multiple cases like UP is perplexing as well as points towards its inconsistency in fighting misinformation", he said.

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Union Law Minster Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday issued a statement online criticising Twitter for its failure to comply with the recently introduced Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.

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