Karnataka’s Proposed Fake News Bill Sparks Free Speech Fears Amid Misinformation Crackdown
Karnataka, the southern Indian state home to the tech metropolis of Bengaluru, is drawing sharp criticism from digital rights advocates and legal experts over a proposed bill that seeks to impose prison terms of up to seven years for spreading “fake news” and other online misinformation. Titled the Karnataka Mis-Information and Fake News (Prohibition) Bill,…
