Legislative boo boo

IN Media Watch Briefs | 03/03/2017

Dissemination of the details of the Kerala Budget via social media caused grief to the finance minister Thomas Isaac today. The Indian Express reports that the opposition began to create a ruckus in the Kerala legislative assembly alleging that the Budget being presented was already available on social media. The FM’s office had used WhatsApp to share highlights with journalists before the minister had finished reading it out in the house.

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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.

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