IN Media Watch Briefs | 2018-08-13
Well-known cartoonist Satish Acharya took to Facebook to say that his column with Mail Today ended after multiple attempts to censor his work. The latest was a cartoon on China's growing influence in the sub-continent, rejected because it was ostensibly 'defeatist'. Ironically, he said cartoons critical of BJP President Amit Shah featured..
Censoring the arts in 2017: advent of the NOC!
BY URVASHI SARKAR, SHILPI GOYAL, SEVANTI NINAN| IN CENSORSHIP |28/12/2017
In a bad year for creative freedom an astonishing variety of reasons were cited for censorship, even as the courts upheld filmmakers’ rights in some cases.
Allahabad HC gag order in Adityanath case worrying
BY PRASHANT THIKKAVARAPU| IN CENSORSHIP |26/11/2017
Since the proceedings involve the CM and serious criminal allegations against him, public interest surely outweighs concerns about inaccurate reporting?
IFFI begins, minus Nude and S Durga
BY MANJULAA| IN CENSORSHIP |19/11/2017
The directors are indignant at their films being dropped but the reasons are somewhat more complicated than simple ‘censorship’.
Film tribunal’s rulings: good, bad and arbitrary
BY PRASHANT REDDY THIKKAVARAPU| IN CENSORSHIP |16/11/2017
The FCAT is doing a good job of overruling the CBFC’s bizarre diktats but it could be less arbitrary about its own orders
Will Nihalani exit spell reprieve for docu film makers?
BY GEETA SESHU| IN MEDIA FREEDOM |12/08/2017
Nihalani leaves behind a harsh legacy of unresolved court cases filed by documentary film-makers who made politically dissenting films.
Visual tales born out of conflict
BY SEVANTI NINAN| IN MEDIA FREEDOM |18/06/2017
All three films not permitted to be shown at the short film festival in Kerala which is currently under way, are now on YouTube. Did the GOI really feel threatened by these
Now, bans at Kerala’s Short Film Festival
BY MUHAMMED SABITH| IN MEDIA FREEDOM |12/06/2017
The I&B Ministry stops three movies tackling JNU, Rohith Vemula and Kashmir from being screened.
NDTV ban: both selective and illegal
BY RAJESH SINHA| IN MEDIA FREEDOM |05/11/2016
The channel stands accused of revealing “sensitive strategic information” when an operation was in progress. But does the charge stick and if so does it apply only to NDTV?
BY NIVEDITA MENON, SIDDHARTH NARAIN| IN CENSORSHIP |14/12/2015
How does one turn to the state to censor when an image does not have a single meaning, when the intention of the author is not fully known, and when the reception is multiple?
The army is totally out of line
BY THE HOOT| IN CENSORSHIP |14/11/2015
“Would the Assam Rifles dare extend the same order to ‘national’ media houses?”
Institutional sanction for censorship
IN CENSORSHIP |04/02/2015
In the AIB case, the government's 'swacch sanskruti' efforts seeks to use the law to impose its idea of a 'decent' society.
Naga editor's book banned by tribal body
BY SUBIR BHAUMIK| IN CENSORSHIP |21/11/2014
Upset with Monalisa Changkija's new book, the tribal body Ao Senden has banned it.
Whither Parrikar govt's sense of humour?
BY Frederick Noronha| IN MEDIA FREEDOM |09/08/2014
First it criminalized dissent on social media, now it seeks to regulate 'tiatr', Goa's traditional satirical performances
Private censorship and the right to hear
BY Chinmayi Arun| IN MEDIA FREEDOM |17/07/2014
Very little recourse is available against publishers or intermediaries if these private parties censor an author's content unreasonably,
Killing us softly : Soft censorship in the media
IN CENSORSHIP |16/06/2014
Soft censorship promotes positive coverage of and punishes media outlets that criticizeâ€"officials or their actions.
Rescuing unauthorised biographies
BY PRASHANT THIKKAVARAPU| IN DEFAMATION |21/04/2014
Once the SC has created a right of privacy over all events not in the public record, it opens the door to censorship of any reporting on such events.
Who are the censors: Free Speech Transgressors 2014
IN MEDIA FREEDOM |12/04/2014
Actors as diverse as the courts, student organizations, state governments, publishing houses, the LokSabha Secretariat, the Central Board of Film Certification, a lawyers' association, Hindu groups including the Shiv Sena, the RSS, and the Hindu J
Censorship: how and where - Free Speech in India 2014
IN MEDIA FREEDOM |12/04/2014
Attacks on the media, threats, cyber media censorship, curbs on film, theatre performances, defamation notices and surveillance are amongst the categories of censorship for the first Quarter of 2014.
Outlawing the reporting of a 'bandh'
IN OPINION |27/11/2013
The Assam government's move to penalize the media for covering a bandh is ill-advised and must be dropped forthwith,
Resisting Censorship: Kolkata screening of 'Musalmaner Katha'
IN MEDIA FREEDOM |08/10/2013
The struggle to protect the right to show and speak about truths uncomfortable for the State is an ongoing one,
Censorship of online media â€" a timeline
IN |17/06/2013
There have been several instances of censorship of online media in India since 1999. Here’s a list :
BY apar gupta| IN LAW AND POLICY |07/06/2013
The grounds in the Content Code under which actions are taken are not clearly defined. This inheres a lack of limitation in application of many of the grounds.
90 per cent increase in content removal requests from India, says Google
IN MEDIA FREEDOM|28/04/2013
What does the seventh Google Transparency Report tell us that we don't already know?
BY R A RAVISHANKAR|IN MEDIA PRACTICE|23/12/2012
Does journalistic balance demand construction of a false equivalence between proponents of a violent religious nationalism and those of a secular worldview,
Cybercensorship: GOI's take down requests increase
IN CENSORSHIP|02/07/2011
Defamation and national security are top of the list of reasons for government requests to take down content on the search engine,
Sibal's sabre-rattling against online freedom!
IN MEDIA FREEDOM |07/12/2011
In May this year, the Union government was forced to issue a press release that it would not be heavy-handed in censoring intermediaries nor would it acquire regulatory jurisdiction over content.
Cybercensorship: GOI's take down requests increase
IN CENSORSHIP |02/07/2011
Defamation and national security are top of the list of reasons for government requests to take down content on the search engine,
When Bigotry rules: Religiosity and censorship in Goa
BY Frederick Noronha| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |15/08/2010
The attack on the paintings of Dr Jose Pereira by the Hindu Janjagrut Sanghatana was appalling, but what of the response of the State, intellectuals and the media?
IN |02/04/2010
It will resist censorship of the media and culture by political, religious, corporate or any other forces.
IN MEDIA FREEDOM |17/10/2004
The real issue before us is the urgent need to review the Censorship laws under the Cinematograph Act as well as the functioning of the CBFC
BY ninan| IN MEDIA FREEDOM |12/10/2003
India has far less Internet surveillance and censorship that many other countries in the world. Its society is admirably censorship-resistant.
Rude encounters with Internet censorship
BY Vij| IN DIGITAL MEDIA |01/10/2003
