NEW DELHI: News Broadcasters Association (NBA) on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court order expressing concern over the spread of fake news on coronavirus.

The association agreed with the apex court's decision that media should play a responsible role in weeding out any "fake news" on social media related to coronavirus before telecasting news.

The association also welcomed the government's decision of a daily bulletin to clear the doubts of the people.

"This would help media immensely to clarify the doubts and enable them to do accurate reporting," the association said in a statement.

NBA also appreciated the apex court stand on the freedom of the press. The SC had stated that it does not intend to interfere with the free discussion, debate and coverage about the pandemic.

NBA statement came a day after the Supreme Court asked the Centre to set up within 24 hours a portal for disseminating real-time information on the pandemic to counter the panic being spread through fake news.

The Court observed that in an unprecedented situation of this nature, any deliberate or unintended fake or inaccurate reporting either in electronic, print, social media or web portals has a serious and inevitable potential of causing panic in large sections of the society



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