Can free speech be stretched horizontally?
BY APARAJITA LATH| IN CENSORSHIP |17/04/2015
The fracas over the publication of an e-zine by students of St Stephen's College tests the elasticity of freedom of speech.
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A defamation litigation update
BY APARAJITA LATH| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |09/06/2014
What happens to the defamation cases instituted against media outlets? The Hoot attempts an update of the status of those filed in recent years.
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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.                 

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