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J & K: Attempt to muzzle FoE, Media? Police summons to media, journalists
The peremptory, even extra-legal summons to four journalists from national publications has drawn outrage; the repressive action, clearly an action of intimidation, is aimed at those who have reported on a controversial move by the J & K administration and police to collect information on Mosques etc in the union territory
Vanishing Media Freedom J & K, 2019-2024: Free Speech Collective
As the region heads to its first elections in a decade, a new report reveals how the suppression of media freedom, censorship, and arrests have eroded democratic spaces since the 2019 reorganization of Jammu and Kashmir; questions whether the new government will change the environment of suppression
CJP files complaint against TNN anchors for broadcasting misleading debate show
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Complaint alleges Times Now Navbharat’s shows targeting the academic curriculum of Indian Madrassas was misleading and attempts to portray them as suspicious places
CJP condemns IndiaTV for spreading communal misinformation through news segment on Bangladesh crisis, sends complaint
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The complaint alleges that IndiaTV's biased discussion which could have been about ensuring protection of minorities in neighbouring countries as well as in India was manipulated into spreading fear and causing alarm against ‘Muslims takeover of India’
Does turmoil in Bangladesh warrant using derogatory language against Muslims by anchors of Republic TV?
With the objective of adding fuel to the fire, reportage by Republic TV on the Bangladesh crisis includes misinformation, unverified news, inflammatory tickers and derogatory language
Journalist cannot cover the labour beat without questioning extreme inequality- P Sainath
Workshop in Chennai initiates a much-needed critical dialogue about vanishing Labour Beat in the media landscape
Chaos in Bangladesh provides opportunity to right-wing social media to spread misinformation regarding Hindus, temples being attacked in the country
False news regarding rape of Hindu women, arson of Hindu temples being spread, fact-checkers take to busting these false narratives, sharing videos of students protecting temples in Bangladesh
Listen to Criticism
The dictionary defines the word ‘propaganda’ as being ‘information,...
Central Government silent over the number of YouTube channels blocked in last 5 years; dismisses concern about press freedom and internet shutdowns
Rajya Sabha MP Vivek Tankha requested the data on number of Youtube channels blocked by the government in last 5 years, but the figures were not disclosed
Editors’ Guild of India warns of rising threats to journalists under new criminal laws in letter addressed to Home Minister Amit Shah
In the letter to Home Minister Amit Shah. EGI condemns misuse of BNS and BNSS to silence critical reporting, highlights expanding police powers and historical abuse of hate speech laws against journalists while calling for deep consultation and an alternate mechanism for prosecuting journalists
FIR filed by UP police against 2 journalists, 3 others for putting out social media posts on an incident of alleged mob lynching of...
On July 5, an incident of mob lynching of a Muslim man was reported in UP, on July 6, the police booked those who put out social media posts on the incident while maintaining the same to be a case of culpable homicide, deemed the social media posts to be “malicious” and “wrong”
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