Election Commission Failed to Curb Fake News Online Before 2019 Lok Sabha Polls
Caught in the midst of a high-stakes battle on the future of regulating the internet, the EC tried and failed miserably to regulate online propaganda, political campaigning, and fake news prior to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, a recently released report has revealed. The committee set up by ECI examined critical gaps in regulation of political campaigning on social media.