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BY EUGENE CORREIA| IN LAW AND POLICY |25/09/2013

The Free Flow of Information Act of 2013, if passed by the US Senate, will be the first Federal Shield Law. Critics feel it divides journalists into two classes: traditional newsroom journalists, and freelancers, bloggers and citizen journalists.

Srini's battle with media far from over

BY EUGENE CORREIA| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |05/06/2013

Winning the match against his enemies in the cricket board may have come as a relief to Srinivasan, but the war of attrition against him by the media is far from over

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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.