V S Hariharan : Articles

Is unintentional defamation a lesser offence?

BY V S Hariharan| IN LAW AND POLICY |20/11/2011

Justice Sawant's defamation suit against Times Now has shaken up the media and reactions opposing the punitive court order have been an inevitable corollary.

The good judge could have exercised restraint

BY V S Hariharan| IN MEDIA FREEDOM |04/11/2011

If Mr Katju has his way, he will convert all TV channels into Doordarshan, forcing them to give unlimited coverage of poverty, agriculture and the like; sports and movies will have to wait till India completes its 'transition from a feudal, agricu

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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.