Fact-checking unit: Karnataka Govt will not go against law, says Priyank Kharge – New Indian Express

Karnataka IT/BT Minister Priyank Kharge tried to allay concerns expressed by the Editors’ Guild of India over the government’s decision to set up a fact-checking unit to monitor social media posts. Speaking to media persons in Bengaluru, the minister said he will write to the Guild. “We are not the UP government, we are the Karnataka government, and we will not do anything that is against the law,” he said.