IT Rules: India amends law, requires Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms to rely on government's fact checking

India has amended the law requiring Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks to rely on the government's "fact-checking, according to a report in Techcrunch. As per the report, the government amended its IT law today in order to prohibit Facebook, Twitter, and other social media firms from publishing, hosting, or sharing false or misleading information.