BY GEETA SESHU| IN MEDIA FREEDOM |06/09/2018
Patwardhan expressed concern that the decision was an attempt to impose YouTube’s sovereignty over the law of the land.
IN MEDIA FREEDOM |05/09/2018
Between courts and government, an evocative term with a rich history is sought to be replaced with ‘scheduled caste.’
BY JYOTI PUNWANI| IN MEDIA FREEDOM |05/09/2018
While Republic TV set the agenda for the raids on alleged “Urban Naxals” and Time Now picked up from it, here is what the accused said at a press conference.
BY THE HOOT| IN MEDIA FREEDOM |15/08/2018
Of late all segments of media have reported evidence of Big Brother watchfulness and attempts to control the narrative on government performance.
BY SURAJKUMAR THUBE| IN MEDIA FREEDOM |26/07/2018
MS University Vadodara canceled comedian Kunal Kamra’s show because only free speech minus dissent is acceptable to our current establishmen
BY NUPUR BASU| IN MEDIA FREEDOM |25/07/2018
The media has been assaulted and curbed in the run up to today’s election in Pakistan.
BY GEETA SESHU| IN MEDIA FREEDOM |05/07/2018
The charge of obstructing a public servant on duty is the easiest to level against anyone even asking questions of public officials. Journalists are increasingly being booked under it,
BY MOAZUM MOHAMMAD| IN MEDIA FREEDOM |21/06/2018
…Even as journalists in Srinagar face fear and uncertainty, and no credible clues emerge to Shujaat Bukhari’s assassination.
BY MALINI SUBRAMANIAM| IN MEDIA FREEDOM |11/06/2018
Things turned ugly for a Sakshi reporter when he exposed the exact nature of the relief and rehabilitation fraud in West Godavari District.
BY GEETA SESHU| IN MEDIA FREEDOM |15/05/2018
Journalist Kamal Shukla waits for a court verdict about the sedition charge against him over posting a cartoon on Facebook
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The new term for self censorship is voluntary censorship, as proposed by companies like Netflix and Hotstar. ET reports that streaming video service Amazon Prime is opposing a move by its peers to adopt a voluntary censorship code in anticipation of the Indian government coming up with its own rules. Amazon is resisting because it fears that it may alienate paying subscribers.                   

Clearly, the run to the 2019 elections is on. A journalist received a call from someone saying they were from Aajtak channel and were conducting a survey, asking whom she was going to vote for in 2019. On being told that her vote was secret, the caller assumed she wasn't going to vote for 'Modiji'. The caller, a woman, also didn't identify herself. A month or two earlier the same journalist received a call, this time from a man, asking if she was going to vote for the BSP.                 

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