On Monday, Twitter suspended 250 handles for spreading fake news. On this matter, the first reaction from the government has come. In an interview with Zee News Editor-in-Chief Sudhir Chaudhary, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar opened up about fake news being spread after the Union Budget 2021 was presented. Javadekar cleared that suspension of Twitter handles was entirely the work of Twitter, and it was not the action of the government.
The Union Minister further said that the Twitter handle of Prasar Bharati was also held, however, later it was released. In addition, he said that some journalists are spreading fake news in the name of journalism, how legitimate is it? Through this, how legitimate is it to spread hatred in society?
Giving two recent examples, Javadekar said that one person died during the farmer tractor parade on January 26. A journalist presented this incident on Twitter in such a way that the person died due to police…