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Free Speech in India 2025: What the Free Speech Collective report reveals about a year of silencing
Based on data documenting 14,875 violations, the Free Speech Collective’s latest report traces how killings, arrests, mass censorship, corporate pressure and regulatory overreach combined to shrink India’s public sphere in 2025
EXCLUSIVE: Three independent Tamil channels win battle against censorship by MeitY-YouTube after 6 months of a gritty battle
RootsTamil, Roots News 24X7 and TribesTamil exposed an unholy nexus between YouTube, a monopoly social media platform (owned by Google) and the Ministry for Electronics & Information & Technology (MeitY)-Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA); MeitY -YouTube acting in unison ensured that these vibrant and independent YouTube channels run by young media communicator, Karikalan were pulled down unilaterally one after another in May 2023; finally a gritty and determined battle ensured their restoration in November last year
Gateway to Censorship: caution and concern over the proposed Broadcasting Bill, 2023
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The National Alliance of Journalists (NAJ), the Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) and the Andhra Pradesh Working Journalists Federation (APWJF) join the Network of Women in Media India, (NWMI) and the Editors Guild of India and others, in expressing their grave reservations against the proposed Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill 2023.
Censorship: Jyotishpeet Shankaracharya sets up ‘ Dharm Censor Board ‘ to review films, web series on OTT
In the midst of a controversy is going on over a song in the film, Pathan song which features Deepika Padukone in saffron attire, a religious censor board takes birth
Theater: Threatening Those in Power Since 1876
There has recently been spotlight on a bunch of...
The Censorship Saga: Play on Kashmir cancelled after protests
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On Tuesday, the staging of Abhishek Majumdar's play Eidgah...
Mridula Garg on writing, censorship, and her latest novel
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The author in conversation with Lourdes M Supriya Image Courtesy:...
Facebook Functioning at the Behest of US & Israeli Governments?
Is this censorship only restricted to US and Israel...
Censorship on Facebook: One More Account, Un-fair Web, Blocked
Not for the first time, Facebook blocked an account...
Activism & Journalism: Is There a Difference?
Some people (especially journalists) have started rationalising the murder...
Censor Board’s Actions Have Moved From Farce to Tragedy: Intellectuals Condemn Censorship of Amartya Sen’s Film
India's leading historians and intellectuals have issued a strong...