BY Saurav Datta| IN LAW AND POLICY |05/02/2013
What breaches"law and order" would not necessarily affect society or a particular community as a whole.
IN LAW AND POLICY |08/01/2013
TV channels had a field day attacking conservative comments on rape, women's dress and behaviour.
IN LAW AND POLICY |08/01/2013
The regulator wants to keep government out of the business of TV broadcasting and distribution.
BY Aradhana sharma| IN LAW AND POLICY |10/12/2012
Recent instances of impropriety in the Indian press make it useful to study how the British inquiry into the ethics and practices of the fourth estate can apply to the Indian scenario,
IN LAW AND POLICY |01/12/2012
The problem cannot be resolved by a review of S 66A by Judiciary or guidelines against 'misuse' issued by the Executive.
BY Madabhushi Sridhar| IN LAW AND POLICY |27/11/2012
National Press Day in November reminds us of the purposes the Press Council should serve, but does not.
BY Madabhushi Sridhar| IN LAW AND POLICY |02/11/2012
No other enactment like Penal Code or Criminal Procedure Code gave so much discretionary power to the investigating officers in any country.
BY apar gupta| IN LAW AND POLICY |20/09/2012
The creation of such a special remedy without a clear legislative mandate is fraught with dangers of abuse.
IN LAW AND POLICY |19/09/2012
Last week's FDI decision raises the cap on foreign investment in broadcasting hardware, but not in news and FM radio.
IN LAW AND POLICY |12/09/2012
The arrest of cartoonist Aseem Trivedi has served to focus attention on the issue of holding a modernizing democracy hostage to colonial laws.
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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.                   

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.                 

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