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Women journalists who were attacked prevented from reporting, protest attacks
Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, on-ground reporting by women journalists, invites threats and abuse from the authorities; is it a coincidence that all three states are ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)?
YouTube reinstates Bolta Hindustan account, cites no wrongdoing after government order
Bolta Hindustan YouTube account’s suspension by YouTube gets revoked one month after the government issued an order to Google to remove the platform’s account citing the country's IT Act 2000 and 2021.
How free is free and can there be freedom without responsibility: Courts on media coverage of trials, erring conduct of anchors
From KM Nanavati case in 1962 to the Sushant Singh Rajput case in 2020, India’s constitutional courts, have time and again made strong observations on media trials especially when investigations are underway; reasoned Guidelines however have still not evolved. CJP looks at critical jurisprudence around media coverage on contentious issue, specifically the role and conduct of the anchor
Meet Ambedkarite journalists using social media to bring us stories from the margins, foregrounding both their hurdles & achievements
Carving a space for themselves outside corporate media houses, independent Dalit journalists are making their voice heard, showcasing both successes and challenges of digital media; these conversations unveil an insidious and discriminatory censorship by platforms like YouTube on content that showcases caste discrimination
Media fraternity condemns government directed ban of independent media channels
After YouTube, notified by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, banned several independent media channels on its platform, including National Dastak and Bolta Hindustan, the Press Club of India and DIGIPUB have released statements condemning the issue.
After Bolta Hindustan, Centre tells YouTube to remove National Dastak channel
The move by the government, right before elections, is making many people, including the opposition, decry it as press censorship.
Congress approaches Election Commission, raised Bolta Hindustan ban
Calling out censorship of free speech during elections, Congress goes to the Election Commission of India with a list of complaints, one of which includes the ban of Bolta Hindustan’s YouTube channel.
Hindustan ko bolne do, says DUJ
The Delhi Union of Journalists expresses alarm at the growing misuse of the Information Technology Rules, 2021 to shut down social media accounts and platforms. In a blatant move the Information & Broadcasting Ministry has ordered YouTube to take down the channel Bolta Hindustan on April 4,2024 under Rule 15(2).
“The messenger is being punished.” – Bolta Hindustan after YouTube channel ban
Bolta Hindustan, a Hindi language independent media platform, is now faced with a YouTube ban after the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting gave a notice to Google’s legal team.
YouTube allows content containing false and incendiary information about India’s elections: report
Access Now and Global Witness conducted an investigative exercise where they submitted 48 advertisements with disinformation to check if it would pass YouTube’s content moderation policies.
Congress Radio, the power of revolutionary change: Lessons from ‘Ae Watan Mere Watan’, the film
Usha Mehta, a fiery satyagrahi, mesmerised by Gandhi, is the protagonist of this timely film; she with her two young colleagues, conceived and ran the underground ‘Congress Radio’ from Mumbai to both inform and unite fellow Indians left leaderless after the British crackdown on the Congress leadership following the historic quit India Rally at Gowalia Tank on August 8, 1942; “Karo Ya Maro” (Do or Die) was the powerful cry from the Indian people that day and Congress Radio, epitomises this unique contribution to the freedom struggle; it re-ignited the ‘Quit India Movement’ that challenged the oppressive British regime
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Women journalists who were attacked prevented from reporting, protest attacks
Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, on-ground reporting by women journalists, invites threats and abuse from the authorities; is it a coincidence that all three states are ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)?