Karnataka govt drops ‘fake news’ clause in latest draft law on misinformation regulation
Bengaluru: The Congress government seems to have dropped its contentious plan of regulating “fake news” going by the latest draft of a law that now seeks to tackle ‘misinformation’ only.
Titled Karnataka Misinformation Regulation Bill, 2025, the draft law does not even mention fake news. The earlier draft was titled Karnataka Misinformation and Fake News (Prohibition) Bill.
According to sources, the scrutiny committee headed by Law & Parliamentary Affairs Minister H K Patil has cleared the Karnataka Misinformation Regulation Bill, which is likely to be placed before the Cabinet.
