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Treading Carefully: Illusion of Accountability in an age of social media content creation
In over a decade of non-transparency and unaccountability from traditional media, citizens need to guard against treating all social media content creators as journalists
State-sponsored attacks of surveillance reveal an erosion on Indians’ right to privacy, especially journalists, political opposition
Bringing back the ghost of Pegasus malware by the ruling regime, recent alerts from Apple throw up more instances of a state-sponsored surveillance attack on leaders of the opposition and journalists
CJP Impact! NBDSA orders removal of two Times Now Navbharat shows (videos)
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Two complaints had been sent by CJP highlighting communal slurs partisan anchoring, anti-minority narratives, usage of defamatory terms and violations of guidelines
CJP Impact! NBDSA orders AAJ TAK’s Sudhir Chaudhary show to be pulled down, censors second
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In one order, NBDSA ordered for the removal of the show while reprimanded the host for using ‘Mazhaar Jihaad’ loosely in the other order
Two journalists each killed in MP & Telangana, a free press under threat: Report
An uncomfortable political consensus across the political divide can be seen from this 50-page investigation by Free Speech Collective on the state of free speech in Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Telangana –all of whom face state elections from tomorrow
Supreme Court gives two journalists interim protection from Gujarat police arrest over article against Adani Group (Hindenburg issue)
The Supreme Court on Friday, November 3 granted journalists Ravi Nair and Anand Mangnale interim protection from being arrested by the Gujarat police over an article they wrote about the Adani-Hindenburg row reported LiveLaw after their counsel pointed out that the legal parameters of the “notice” were not revealed
CJP sends complaint to Times Now Navbharat over debate shows giving communal colour to the Israel-Hamas Conflict
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Two different Times Now Navbharat debate programs portrayed the plight of Palestine as only a "Muslim" cause and maligned those who support it
21 Journalists killed in Israel-Palestine conflict since October 7
Figures released by the Committee to Protect Journalists, (CPJ) tell us that 17 of the killed journalists were Palestinian, three Israeli and one Lebanese.
After EU, US senator raises concerns about misinformation to Google, X, Meta
Senator Michael Bennet demands answers from Meta, TikTok, and Google regarding disinformation spreading on their platforms
Hindus for Human Rights (HHR) protests suspension of ‘X’ account
Progressive Hindus under the banner of Hindus for Human Rights (HHR) call out the Elon Musk-GOI axis in ensuring that their ‘X’ account is suspended
In a global storm of censorship, Hindus for Human Rights, IAMC and journalists accounts have been suspended
A web of suppression takes root as governments and tech giants clamp down on voices of dissent during the Israel-Hamas conflict
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