BENGALURU -- Creators based in Karnataka, India's southern state, are increasingly unsettled. A satirical meme of potholes outside a hospital -- lighthearted in tone and reflective of one's lived-in experience -- could be deemed as "fake news" under the earlier draft of The Karnataka Misinformation and Fake News (Prohibition) Bill, 2025, and could be penalized with a possible jail term.
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Fake news bill in India's Silicon Valley feared to be 'authoritarian template'
Karnataka state could criminalize online content under guise of misinformation
Experts are voicing concern over the ambiguity of the fake news bill submitted in the state parliament in Karnataka, in India's south. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters)
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