South Korea and Bangladesh are blocking porn and “obscene” content, Venezuela is blocking YouTube, and Uzbekistan has finally stopped blocking Facebook and VK.
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Any Attempt to Use Official Secrets Act Against Media ‘Reprehensible’: Editors Guild
The Guild urged the govt to refrain from initiating any action that might undermine the media’s freedom and independence.
Shah Faesal Censored: TV Interview Allegedly Stopped Midway By Samrat Hotel Security Staff
Faesal was speaking to Punya Prasoon Bajpayee about the political situation in Kashmir when the interview was cut short.
Good News: Delhi HC Dismisses PIL to Regulate Netflix, Amazon Prime Video Content
The plea claimed shows on these platforms contain “vulgar, profane, sexually explicit, pornographic, morally unethical and virulent” content.
What India Needs – A Citizens’ Manifesto
This manifesto goes beyond the usual promises made by political parties and chalks down focus areas for reforms in areas that range from health, education, civil liberties, transparency etc.
Govt Has Stopped Our Channel Harvest From Airing This Afternoon; Asked Tata Sky To Put Channel Off Air: Kapil Sibal
Famous media personalities such as Barkha Dutt, Karan Thapar and more were supposed to appear in the channel.
Satish Acharya Alleges Newspaper Refuses To Carry His Work Till 2019 Lok Sabha Polls
Acharya’s work has been dropped by another daily in the past for being subversive and critical.
‘Gauri Lankesh in the Making’: Twitter User Issues Death Threat to Journalist Swati Chaturvedi
Chaturvedi, who won RSF’s Press Freedom Award for Courage earlier this month, said that “the ultimate censorship is the death threat”.
Censorship Through The Millennia. And Trying To Locate It In The 21st Century
Sometimes adding the threat of violence to the mix, these new enemies of free expression act like a novel breed of self-appointed censor.
2 Men Detained For Attack On Umar Khalid: Police
In a video uploaded on Facebook on August 15, the men had claimed that the attack on Khalid was supposed to be an “Independence Day gift” to the citizens.
Vajpayee’s Contribution To The Hindutva Agenda Goes Well Beyond Babri And 2002
The door to today’s political climate of communalism, hyper-nationalism and fear was opened by Vajpayee