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From news to real estate: P Sainath on how corporate power is undermining media freedom
The other day, P. Sainath was in Ahmedabad to deliver a lecture on the "Role of Media in Democracy: Prospects and Retrospect." An excellent speaker, he is not just...
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
Zee News faces flak for allegedly airing Rahul Gandhi’s doctored byte
Congress moves NBDSA, channel sacks two employees
Justice Pardiwala raises concerns over personal attacks on judges via social media
The Supreme Court judge faced criticism from sundry right-wing trolls after he and Justice Surya Kant made oral observations about Nupur Sharma's role in sparking communal violence
Hate Watch: Indians reject communally polarising call to #BoycottMuslims
Right-wing groups and trolls had made communal hashtags viral, but citizens have rejected the absurd call to socially boycott an entire community
Ilyas Sharafuddin spreads communal hate, CJP moves NCM
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He has painted a false picture of the teachings of Islam, made anti-Hindu comments
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