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IN Media Watch Briefs | 25/03/2010

N Ram editor in chief of the Hindu has decided to sue the Indian Express and Financial Express for both civil and criminal defamation for the story published on March 25. Meanwhile a Hoot reader has sent this Twitter exchange between N Ram and N Ravi, both directors on the paper’s parent company. N.Ram on Twitter: Developments in The Hindu: N. Ram will launch defamation proceedings: (link given.) N. Ravi on Twitter: When The Hindu has taken a strong stand against criminal defamation, to use it as a threat to silence journalists does seem strange. A third director, Malini Parthasarathy on Twitter: As journalists, why should we be afraid of public scrutiny?

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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.