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Social media can support or undermine democracy – it comes down to how it’s designed

Every design choice that social media platforms make nudges users toward certain actions, values and emotional states.It is a design choice to offer a news feed that combines verified...

Kashmir journalist assaulted, harassed by Cyber Police, for article on cyberbullying  

Auqib Javeed was summoned on September 18, and alleges he was slapped by a “masked policeman”, then questioned for 5 hours

Facebook moves SC against Delhi govt’s Peace and Harmony Committee summons

The petition has been moved by the Vice President of the company in India, in whose name the summons has been issued twice and he contends that this matter lies only within the central government’s jurisdiction

Why did Deepak Chaurasia allow hate speech on his show?

He did not intervene when pro-RSS panelist DU Prof Sangit Raagi demanded a "ban" on the Quran

‘UPSC Jihad’ is prime example of virulent Islamophobia: Petitioner in Sudarshan News case

The petitioner filed a rejoinder to the counter affidavit filed by Sudarshan News, and stated that the channel failed to address the statements made in the show which amount to hate speech

Hate speech demeans a community’s right to live with dignity: Jamia students in SC

These students had earlier approached the Delhi High Court and had managed to get a stay in August on broadcast of the show

Police have found no incriminating evidence on Rajeev Sharma: Lawyer

Journalist Rajeev Sharma, arrested by the Delhi police under Official Secrets Act, did not have any ‘classified documents’, his lawyer told the court

NBA suggests making code of ethics binding on news channels to strengthen regulation

The self-regulatory body was pulled up by the Supreme Court for not having adequate regulation over electronic media

UP Police arrest suspended colleague for social media post on PM, CM

Vijay Pratap Singh, a 2017-batch officer, was sent to judicial custody, by a local court in Etawah

Sudarshan News cites NDTV’s ‘Hindu terror’ show, pleads for vacation of stay

Suresh Chavhanke filed the additional affidavit seeking that the stay on the broadcast of his communally polarising 'UPSC Jihad' show be lifted

Come back to us on a method to strengthen NBA : SC in Sudarshan News case

At the second consecutive hearing of the petition against Sudarshan News, the apex court observed that the show was insightful, and also raised concern over self-regulation

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Lokesh Kumar Solanki convicted for inciting violence during 2020 Delhi riots; court calls his conduct “fuel to already simmering tensions” but releases him citing maximum sentence already served

Harassment by Delhi Police, blatant extortion & human rights’ violation in process of identification of “illegal Bangladeshi immigrants”: Brinda Karat to HM Amit Shah

Brinda Karat, former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from the Communist Party of India (Marxist-CPIM), has in a letter to the union home minister, Amit Shah highlighted the blatant violation of human rights, harassment and extortion, in the ongoing process of "identification of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants" by the Delhi police and other agencies.

Bengali Migrant Workers Detained in Odisha: Calcutta High Court demands answers, seeks coordination between states

Court poses six pointed questions on detention of Sainur Islam and demands answers from Odisha over detention of youth during ‘identification drive’; Court directs West Bengal to appoint nodal officer

Thane School Horror: Principal, attendant arrested for forcing girls to strip in menstruation check, case registered under POCSO

Girls as young as 10 were allegedly stripped and subjected to invasive checks by school staff in Thane’s Shahapur after bloodstains were found in a washroom, prompting arrests, protests, and charges under POCSO and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita

Bihar:  SC signals that ECI should consider Aadhaar, EPIC (Voter ID card) & Ration card for electoral roll revision 

Hearing a batch of petitions challenging the sudden “special intensive revision” being conducted in Bihar by the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Supreme Court (SC) pressed ECI to include Aadhaar, Voter ID Card, and Ration cards in Bihar's electoral roll revision process, since the only concern for the constitutional body was establishing accurate identity not citizenship

Mumbai’s Second Lifeline in ICU: Mumbaikars respond to call of “Save BEST”

By deliberately running Mumbai’s unique and stellar public transport system to ‘die’, the BMC backed by a land-grabbing state government is set to make transport even more unafordable for working Mumbaikars

Dissent Note: Maharashtra Special Public Safety Bill, 2024

Sweeping powers, vague definitions, and silencing of dissent entrenched in law; deliberative process exposed as political theatre

One of Urdu’s Greatest Scholars, C.M. Naim, Passes Away

The UP-born professor was said to be among the finest and authoritative voices on Urdu.