<span style="color: #222222;">Union Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said that the Centre has taken several steps to ensure dissemination of trustworthy information about government policies and activities.<br />''<br />''In his reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Mr. Prasad asserted that these steps are necessary to safeguard people from becoming targets of disinformation and misinformation campaigns. He said that the government regularly interacts with social media platforms on issues related to spread of fake news, misinformation and disinformation on the Internet. The Minister added that the government takes appropriate action as per law against non-compliance by social media platforms.<br />''<br />''Enumerating a host of efforts undertaken by the Centre to curb misinformation in the country, Mr. Prasad said that a portal </span><a href="http://india.gov.in/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://india.gov.in&source=gmail&ust=1613117923515000&usg=AFQjCNF-LKP_zDoR44-xF8YPa7frqRraHA">india.gov.in</a><span style="color: #222222;"> has been set up to disseminate trustworthy information about government policies and activities. He said the government actively participated in a committee specially constituted by Election Commission of India to address the issue of misuse of digital and social media in the election process.<br />''<br />''Mr. Prasad also informed about the dedicated cell set up by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry under the Press Information Bureau to counter fake news, especially on government policies, schemes and programmes. He said, this dedicated cell which is present on all prominent social media platforms takes cognizance of fake news going viral on social media platforms both on suo moto and external complaints basis.</span><br />