As the world wrestles with a pandemic caused by a new coronavirus, COVID-19, the authorities around the world are forced to face an avalanche of false news about the virus on digital platforms. Even though India does not have a specific law to deal with menace of fake news but we still have existing legal provisions under Indian Penal Code, 1860 etc which can be invoked in case of misinformation.from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/2UDpuGX
