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BY akc| IN MEDIA WATCH BRIEFS |18/11/2014

Last week Vinod Mehta, who likes to call himself technologically challenged, joined Twitter: “pl bear with me i am just learning this twitter business.” Only two weeks ago Mehta devoted his Outlook column to talking about his struggles with sending an sms: “I spend close to six minutes composing a single sentence..

Casteist tweet?

BY akc| IN MEDIA WATCH BRIEFS |10/11/2014

After the ministerial induction Rajdeep Sardesai flaunted his Brahminical identity on Twitter. (He has 1.7 million-plus followers, the highest among all Indian journalists.) He tweeted: “Big day for my goa. Two GSBs, both talented politicians become full cabinet ministers. Saraswat pride!! @manoharparrikar and Suresh Prabhu.” His followers pointed out the..

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Amazon resisting voluntary censorship

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.

Let the games begin

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.