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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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Hate Watch: Twitter suspends Kreately Media’s account after CJP complaints
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Raids on Wire editors & seizure of electronic devices did not follow law & procedure: PUCL
Editor of the Wire, Siddharth Vardarajan told Sabrangindia that though they had opposed the seizure of these devices without providing any hash value (i.e. numeric value that uniquely identifies data lodged in any device at a particular point of time) the police did not yield
The Wire’s Intrepid and Pathbreaking Contribution to India’ s Journalism
The digital media news portal, over the past 7 years has fearlessly reported on shortcomings of the ruling government, controversial issues involving big business while facing real threats and multiple FIRs.
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