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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/54581b17916817b0 https://verfassungsblog.de/absolute-truths-and-absolutist-control/ Absolute Truths and Absolutist Control - On India’s “Fact Check Unit” over Social Media Kalra, Kartik eng 2024-02-14 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 content moderation Social Media Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Last week, the Bombay High Court delivered its judgment in Kunal Kamra v. Union of India, comprising a split verdict on the constitutional validity of the Information Technology Rules, 2023. The rules install an institutional regime for determining – and warranting takedown by social media intermediaries – of content relating to the Central Government deemed “fake, false or misleading”. This regime was challenged on three main grounds – first, its violation of citizens’ free expression due to “fake, false, or misleading” speech being constitutionally protected; second, the pedestalization of state-related information, such that it enters public discourse with a single, truthful formulation, as being an illegitimate and disproportionate measure; and third, the violation of natural justice in enabling the state to determine truth and falsity concerning itself.