https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180404/20320639565/indian-government-enacts-abandons-fake-news-law-less-than-24-hours.shtml

Governments around the world think legislation is the answer to the "fake news" problem. So far, the only thing that seems certain is these laws will be used to control the press and stifle criticism. The limited rollouts we've seen of laws governing poorly-defined speech have been uniformly disastrous.

The government of India was the latest to roll out "fake news" legislation. There wasn't much debate over the law, as it was unilaterally put in place by the Indian government. The motivating factor appeared to be an attempt to quell criticism of the Indian Prime Minister ahead of next year's election. The only good thing about the decree was its extremely short shelf life.