Bombay HC: Can’t bring hammer to kill ant; Centre’s IT Rules against fake news may be excessive

The Bombay High Court on Friday said the recently amended Information Technology (IT) Rules regarding fake content on social media against the government “may be excessive”, and one should not “bring a hammer to kill an ant.”

A division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Neela Gokhale also said it did not understand the need for the amendment to the IT Rules, and “found it difficult” that one authority of the government is given absolute power to decide what is fake, false or misleading.