India’s Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Singh Thakur and Dr. Mohamad Maliki Bin Osman, Minister in the PMO Singapore and Second Minister for Education & Foreign Affairs, Singapore on Monday discussed various bilateral issues, including digital regulations, in New Delhi.
During the meeting Dr Osman informed Thakur about the regulatory framework of digital platforms and digital media in Singapore.
According to an official Indian government statement, during the discussions Thakur elaborated on India’s version of the digital regulation, adding that the IT Rules 2021 has a three tier mechanism for regulation.
The MIB Minister informed the visiting policy-maker about India’s experiment with fact checking in the form of a dedicated fact check unit under the Press Information Bureau, part of his ministry, and said that the unit was easily accessible to anyone on WhatsApp or email.
Thakur said India was in its 75th year of independence and since Singapore got independence on August, 9, 1965, both the countries could explore celebrating a week as India-Singapore Independence Week and it could include cultural and knowledge exchange, among other things.
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