Not outwitted by FB

IN Media Watch Briefs | 20/01/2016

Facebook’s aggressive ad campaign after TRAI asked for its Free Basics to be put on hold may not have been such a bright idea after all. In this point by point rebuttal of Facebook's response to TRAI, the regulator takes apart its methods for drumming up support for Free Basics. It spells out why the template response which the social media giant asks its users to respond with is not a response to the differentiated questions put by TRAI.

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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.