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Journalists’ bodies strongly condemn sedition charges against Siddharth Varadarajan, Karan Thapar of The Wire
Both the Press Club of India and the Indian Women Press Corps alleged that the Assam Police unleashed vindictive actions against the journalists through the Crime Branch
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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
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Ex IPS Officer NC Asthana’s twitter account suspended for violating rules
Retired officer tweets against Muslim minorities and spews hate online
Hate Buster! Kolkata cop was not killed by mob protesting Nupur Sharma’s anti-Prophet comments
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Constable Choudup Lepcha died by suicide after opening fire on passersby and shooting dead a woman outside the Bangladesh High Commission in Park Circus
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