Dying in Honduras

IN Media Watch Briefs | 03/04/2010

Five journalists killed in March alone, Honduras has become the world's most dangerous country for media persons.A recent report by Paris-based media watchdog Reporters Sans Frontieres Borders (RSF) also says no action has been taken against anyone for these attacks on journos. The RSF has petitioned the European Union seeking a resolution at the European level, and other levels, urging the Honduran government to react to this collapse of the rule of law.

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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.