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CJP flags casteist, anti-Dalit videos on YouTube targeting CJI Gavai; seeks urgent takedown
CJP has filed a complaint highlighting two videos on YouTube carrying casteist and hateful commentary against Chief Justice B.R. Gavai. The organisation has demanded their prompt removal and action against the channel @AjeetBharti for violating the platform’s community guidelines
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Can the Union Govt be the sole Gatekeeper of news?
MeitY has invited feedback on the draft proposal, deadline January 25 by when it seeks to make PIB the sole fact checking agency
Do journalistic sources need protection?
There have been contrasting views from the constitutional courts on this crucial aspect that affects journalism in general and investigative reporting in particular
Is the Election Commission vigilant enough in safeguarding India’s election process from the influence of social media?
A former bureaucrat, secretary to the GOI, EAS Sharma raises pertinent questions
Complaint filed with Times Now against ‘Ram Mandir’ show
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During the debate, the speakers abused each other and even got into a scuffle, yet the debate continued
No criminality in journalist, Mohd Zubair’s tweet says Delhi Police to High Court
In an interesting turnaround, Delhi Police has now, on...
PCI censures ‘Star of Mysore’ newspaper for anti-Muslim editorial
The evening newspaper had in its editorial blamed the community for spread of the corona pandemic
If Journalism falters, if a Judge loses his Independence, Democracy falls: Justice B.N. Srikrishna
"Two professions have to be necessarily independent, a judge and a journalist. If they falter, democracy suffers."
India, with seven journalists jailed, draws criticism over its curtailment of media freedoms
Six of the seven journalists listed by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in its annual report are being investigated under the dreaded Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA)
More than 100 YouTube channels blocked under new IT Rules: GOI
In the ongoing session of Parliament, the government responds saying that existing laws will be used to curb fake news
NBDSA: Complaint filed against Times Now for ‘Madrassa Jihad’ show
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The complaint was filed by CJP raising concerns over sensationalizing a UP government survey of Madrassa and turning that data into a communal debate
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