by freespeechcollective | Jul 24, 2024 | Commentaries
Delhi High Court orders Take Down of ‘False and Malicious’ Reports The Delhi High Court, in an ad interim injunction, has ordered that nine false, malicious and defamatory URLs of reports and posts on television channels Karma News and Jana TV and newspaper...
by freespeechcollective | Jul 12, 2024 | Censorship - Social Media
The FIRs lodged against freelance journalists Zakir Ali Tyagi and Wasim Akram Tyagi for tweeting that a scrap seller, Firoze Qureshi, was a victim of mob lynching, have confirmed fears of the new criminal laws being misused to curb free speech. They also...
by freespeechcollective | Jul 2, 2024 | Commentaries
Bebaak Collective’s report, Behind the Pixels: Social Silencing and Isolation of Indian Muslims in the Online Public, report throws light on the nature and prevalence of digital hate and violence against women. It documents and understands the ways in which Indian...
by freespeechcollective | Jun 14, 2024 | Commentaries
Former Member of Parliament Prajwal Revanna is in jail, accused of rape and sexual assault by multiple women, but thousands of videos of the alleged assaults are freely available. Technologist Rohini Lakshané* explains how the free circulation of abusive content can...
by freespeechcollective | Jun 11, 2024 | Commentaries
How people with limited journalistic understanding are ruling television newsrooms. By Kajal Iyer* In the past, which now seems rather distant, a ‘consulting editor’ in a newspaper or a television channel referred to someone who had years of experience or a specific...
