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NBDSA orders News18 India to remove broadcast promoting superstition and religious intolerance based on complaint by activist Indrajeet Ghorpade
Following the complaint, News18 India warned by NBDSA over airing controversial interview with religious preacher, orders removal of content from digital platforms for violating broadcasting ethics.
Bastar: The Naxal Story is poorly written, incoherent, and grotesque
The film seems less about Bastar, more about the ideological bashing of political opponents
Free Speech: Petition by The Caravan against removal of its article on custodial torture in J&K points to violations of principles of natural justice,...
On March 13, the Delhi Press Patra Prakashan moved a writ petition in the Delhi High Court to seek quashing of take down orders issued by the Union government under Section 69A of the IT Act
On Women’s Day DUJ Call for a Less Polarized, More Inclusive Media
The DUJ, in this call on International Women’s Day (IWD), has called for a more inclusive media and urged greater gender diversity and representation apart from demanding a law to protect journalists from arbitrary arrests, coercion and intimidation
Article 370: Calculated timing, one-sided narrative, unfounded justification of human rights violations
PM Modi hailed movie is nothing short of thriller disguised as propaganda, fiction mixed with reality, provides a biased take on a complex issue, lays ground for 2024 general elections
7 shows broadcasted by mainstream news channels to be removed orders NBDSA, fines imposed in some cases
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These shows were on issues such as ‘Love Jihad’, pride parades, political opponents; since 2018, a total of 23 complaints have been filed by CJP with the NBDSA
‘X’ distances itself from the clampdown on freedom of expression by blocking accounts on the executive orders of the Union government
As ‘the social media giant states that they are complying with the orders of government, what are the legal consequences it would face if it does not?
Police Case Filed Against Woman Editor Of Magazine In Kerala
A case has been filed against the woman editor...
Draft Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill, 2023: a dangerous tool in government’s anti-free speech kit
Self-censorship of broadcasting networks due to persistent government oversight have dire potential for restriction of online free speech of individuals and independent media
Grave concerns on DPDP Act, 2023 as journalistic activities threatened: Editor’s Guild to MEITY
In a detailed representation to Ashwini Vaishnaw, the Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, the Editor’s Guild of India (EGI) has pointed out how the provisions of the Digital Personal Data Protect Act, 2023 (DPDP Act) –possibly inadvertently--violate privacy principles enunciated by the Supreme Court-appointed Justice BN Srikrishna Commission report as also threaten the very existence of journalistic activities in India
Concerned over arrest of TV journalist working for Republic Bangla: Editor’s Guild
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Violence
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Communal Organisations
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India
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Minorities
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Hate Speech
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