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Women journalists who were attacked prevented from reporting, protest attacks
Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, on-ground reporting by women journalists, invites threats and abuse from the authorities; is it a coincidence that all three states are ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)?
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
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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”
Iron-Fist To ‘False Complaints’: J&K Circular Tightens Screws On Complaints Against Officials And Media Scrutiny
A circular ostensibly aimed at protecting ‘honest officials from harassment’ recommends punitive action under 182 of IPC and section 195(1)(a) of CrPC against whistleblowers and media
Editors’ Guild urges government to remove COVID-19 era restrictions on journalists covering parliamentary proceedings
The Editors Guild of India has written to the speaker and has urged for the restoration of ‘complete’ access to the journalists to the parliamentary proceedings that had earlier been removed due to COVID-19 related protocols.
India’s Telecommunications Act notified, ushers in “modernisation”with privacy concerns
Sections 1, 2, 10 to 30, 42 to 44, 46, 47, 50 to 58, 61 and 62 of the Telecommunications Act, 2023 notified
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Women journalists who were attacked prevented from reporting, protest attacks
Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, on-ground reporting by women journalists, invites threats and abuse from the authorities; is it a coincidence that all three states are ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)?