What does India’s plan to target ‘fake news’ mean for media?

State company would decide what constitutes misinformation.

The Indian authorities is proposing robust measures to clamp down on what it considers pretend information.

Proposals embody giving a state-run company the facility to resolve what is fake and what's not.

However critics say it offers the federal government new powers of censorship – proscribing media and placing journalists at higher threat of prosecution.

Presenter: Nick Clark

Company: 

Ashish Shukla – fFunder of NewsBred web site

Rana Ayyub – International opinions author at Washington Publish

Anant Nath – Normal secretary of Editors Guild of India

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