Legislation to control fake news: Minister Parameshwar..!?
Legislation to control fake news: minister Parameshwar..!?
Fake news is dangerous to society. Therefore, the state government is thinking about implementing a new law soon to control fake news: home minister Dr. G. Parameshwar is discussing at the government level to take strict legal action against fake news. home minister Dr. G. Parameshwar said that the government will soon bring a law to control fake news. He was speaking at the inauguration of the press Day program organized by the karnataka Working Journalists' Association at the city's press house on Thursday. Fake news is dangerous to society. So, the state government is thinking about implementing a new law soon to control fake news, he said. Journalism is not just a profession but a great responsibility of the society. A pen is more powerful than a gun. Journalists should use it for the good of society, to improve the lives of the oppressed and the underprivileged, he said.
review and file a case: Today, blackmail journalists outnumber genuine journalists. The government should do something like file a case against those who troll posters and fake news. We have no objection to this. But once the police receive a complaint against a journalist, they should review the complaint and the incident and then file a case. Otherwise, the journalist will have to struggle to get out of the middle of the cases. State President of karnataka Working Journalists' Association Sivananda Tagadoor appealed to home minister Dr. Parameshwar to issue instructions to the police officers in this regard.