More Twitter combat

IN Media Watch Briefs | 07/04/2015

Times Now has once again been attacked on Twitter. This time it was after the news channel charged MoS External Affairs Gen. V. K. Singh of mocking stranded Indians in Yemen for his comment “Yemen operation is not as exciting as Pakistan embassy visit” and tweeted Singh’s statement with the hashtag #VKDisaster. Some people defended Singh’s efforts and castigated the channel for failing to understand his sarcasm: since then the hashtag #TimesNowDisaster has been trending.

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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.