FAKE NEWS & CYBER LEGAL APPROACHES IN INDIA
India has been seeing a dramatic increase in fake news over the last many years. From merely being a western phenomenon, fake news has got itself entrenched as an integral element of the Indian information ecosystem. Given the fact that as India adds more users to its internet user base, there is increasing propensity amongst people to take for granted, what they see online as correct.
Consequently, fake news has begun to start having an impact not just upon social media, internet and cyberspace but also in the physical world activities and events.
Fake news in India has been responsible for generation of frictions and conflicts, sometimes even leading to communal riots and violence. At other times, fake news has been eroding the confidence of the people in the efficacy of the existing societal and legal instruments to regulate the same.
Fake news has also begun to start having impact in India, as far as elections are concerned. However, the fact remains is that India is still not prepared in terms of coming up with holistic cyber legal approaches to deal with fake news. Fake news is like the black poison which dirties the waters of information highways. In case, the fake news phenomenon is not appropriately addressed, the same could have prejudicial impact upon various stakeholders in the information ecosystem.
This Book seeks to examine the current level of growth and evolution of fake news in India and how cyber legal approaches are being adopted in India for dealing with the same. The Book also highlights the legal and policy vacuum exist in India for regulating fake news and argues that India must now have dedicated legislative frameworks to regulate fake news.
This Book acts a reality check, in terms of India to have more holistic and broad legal frameworks approach so as to deal with the menace of fake news.
This Book should be of value to all persons, and specifically private institutions, organizations, employers, employees, lawyers, legal professionals, judges, academicians, nation states, governments and other stakeholders in the digital ecosystem.
This Book is authored by Dr. Pavan Duggal (http://www.pavanduggal.com), internationally renowned and acclaimed foremost expert on Cyber Security Law and Cyberlaw, who has been acknowledged as one of the top four cyber lawyers of the world. This Book’s Author runs his niche law firm Pavan Duggal Associates, Advocates ( http://pavanduggalassociates.com/ ) which is working on all aspects concerning technology and the law.
© Dr. Pavan Duggal, 2021
