Panellists feel that rumour-mongers are thriving on the powerful medium and there should be strong check on negative campaigns With the penetration of smartphones in India,...
Responding to Government of India missive asking it to take urgent steps to contain the spread of “irresponsible and explosive messages” through its platform, WhatsApp responded...
Panellists feel that there are both pros and cons to social media, and hate campaigns are thriving in the absence of clear laws With growing penetration...
Belying Modi government’s oft-repeated claims of concern over fake news, officiating Finance Minister and Minister for Railways Piyush Goyal on Wednesday, June 20, used a discredited...
In its Karnataka election campaign, BJP has been propagating that 23 of their workers had been killed by ‘jehadi’ forces in the past five years. BJP...
On the face of it, the government’s stated intent behind the move to establish regulatory framework for online media and news portals seems innocuous enough –...
Mudda panellists feel that responsibility is implicit in the profession of a journalist, only Press Council of India should have power to take such calls and...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ordered withdrawal of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry’s controversial move to black list journalists, making them liable to lose their accreditation...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Several BJP leaders have come out in defence of Mahesh Vikram Hegde, co-founder and editor of right-wing propaganda website Postcard News which has been shown to...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A day after major news agencies and TV news channels ran stories about threats received by the father of Chandan Gupta, the young man killed in...