Digital anonymity

IN Media Watch Briefs | 24/03/2015

Who shot the picture of India's sons and daughters cheating in exams? The photo of relatives of Class 10 students helping their wards with cheat sheets went viral and became part of contested national pride but photographer Rajesh Kumar is living, and working, in obscurity. Perils of the digital age? The Hindu, meanwhile, chooses not name the Hindi daily he works for, where the picture first appeared.

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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.