Sikh group sues Facebook

IN Media Watch Briefs | 03/06/2015

Facebook has been sued by a Sikh separatist group, Sikhs for Justice, in a US court for blocking access in India to its page. Its unclear whether this was a result of a directive from the Indian government to the social networking organisation, but Facebook restricted access in India to 5832 pieces of content between July-December 2014, according to its report.

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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.