by freespeechcollective | Nov 12, 2018 | Censorship - Social Media
Virtually every day, important social media platforms like Facebook, Youtube and Twitter clamp down on news and views put out by independent news sites. These social media networks take refuge in ‘official’ communication, government orders or police directives and...
by freespeechcollective | Nov 12, 2018 | Commentaries
Forget India Today anchor Rahul Kanwal’s ridiculous GI Joe shenanigans aired on the eve of the elections in Chhattisgarh today, how do ‘real’ journalists stay safe and still get the story when they are cover conflict in Bastar? Here’s a quick primer put together by...
by freespeechcollective | Nov 8, 2018 | Censorship - Social Media
Section 66A and other legal zombies IFF Research Series, Working Paper No. 2, November 2018 Despite the striking down of Sec 66A by the Supreme Court of India in March 2015, it continues to be in use by police across the country. In this important report, Abhinav...
by freespeechcollective | Nov 4, 2018 | Statements
Contempt of Court Order Against The Shillong Times Threatens Press Freedom The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) expresses concern over the order of the High Court of Meghalaya holding Patricia Mukhim and Shobha Chaudhuri of contempt of its court and imposing a...
by freespeechcollective | Nov 3, 2018 | Commentaries
“…when states see others getting away with it – whether ‘it’ is an audacious murder plot or the normalisation of a culture of violence – the accountability bar is reset to the lowest level,” says Andrew Heslop, WAN-IFRA’s Director of...
