India, July 17 -- Towards the end of June, it was reported that the government of Karnataka was planning to introduce a bill for the prohibition of "misinformation and fake news". Shortly after that, the media accessed an unofficial version of the proposed Bill. This Bill is not, admittedly, the first attempt in India to prohibit "fake news". Two years ago, the central government amended the Information Technology rules, seeking to proscribe news about the central government that was "fake, false, or misleading". This attempt was eventually struck down as unconstitutional by the Bombay High Court. If this version of the Karnataka Bill is enacted, however, then it will go even beyond the unconstitutional IT Rules amendment, and cause a ser...