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Central government defends blocking of Media Platforms
During the Lok Sabha Session, the Central government defended its use of Section 69A of the IT Act to block media content, including Bolta Hindustan and National Dastak. Minister Dr. L. Murugan informed that all actions follow strict safeguards, balancing national security with fairness
Hate Watch: Hum Do Humare Barah blaming Muslims for India’s population problem?
Right-wing trolls swear to make movie a hit, start campaign for Population Control Bill after movie poster goes viral
He had no work in Hathras: Allahabad High Court denies bail to journalist Siddique Kappan
Police claim that the accused were travelling to the region to disturb the harmony at the location of the rape of a Dalit woman
India Tops List of Nations Seeking Blocking Journalists, News Outlet Tweets: Twitter Report
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The US (34%) and India (51%) together accounted for 85% of all global preservation requests made to block accounts in the micro-blogging site.
Pune: Student body alleges irregularities in filling reserved category seats, calls for protest
"It is also highly questionable why only candidates from the general category are able to clear their cut off, while those from other categories aren’t," the student body said in its press release.
Times Now conducts a virtual media trial of Teesta Setalvad, CJP moves NBDSA
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Times Now fails to respond to CJP’s complaint against the three prime-time debate shows aired on their channel
NBDSA acts on CJP’s complaint, directs News18 to take down fake news video about bombing in WB school
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Channel asked to take down the video and send confirmation to NBDSA in writing within 7 days of receiving the order
Kashmiri journalist Aakash Hassan ‘stopped’ from travelling abroad
Aakash Hassan, an independent Kashmiri journalist alleged being stopped...
Arrest of journalist and HRD Rupesh Kumar Singh
Human Rights Defenders Alert -India writes to the National...
Is Facebook shirking responsibility for enabling the spread of hate in India?
Recent human rights report instead lauds the platform for helping civil society
Twitter moves Karnataka High Court against MeitY order to take down over 1,400 accounts
Twitter informs the court that they have been ordered to take down accounts without being told which specific tweets merit such an action
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