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‘No coercive action’: SC shields journalist booked for ‘tarnishing’ image of UP Chief Minister

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the Uttar Pradesh Police to not take any coercive action against a journalist, who was booked recently for authoring a “false and defamatory” post on social media…

SC dismisses PIL seeking content monitoring on OTT and digital media platforms

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a direction to the Centre for the establishment of a proper board to monitor and manage content on different…

Supreme Court commences live streaming of all court proceedings

New Delhi: In a measure to enhance transparency and accessibility of judicial hearings to the common citizen of the country, the Supreme Court has commenced live streaming of all court proceedings on its official website.…

‘Unconstitutional’: Bombay HC strikes down IT Rules amendment setting up ‘Fact Checker Units’

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court’s “tie-breaker” judge on Friday struck down the Information Technology Rules amendments’ Rule 3, which empowers the Central government to establish Fact Check Units (FCUs) to weed out “fake and misleading”…

Meta bans Russian state media outlets over foreign ‘interference’

New York: Social media giant Meta announced that it has banned Russian state media broadcaster RT and other Kremlin-controlled networks over the alleged “foreign interference activity.” Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has alleged that…

Doordarshan turns 65: A rich history of India’s state broadcast service

Mumbai: State-owned public television broadcaster, Doordarshan completed 65 years on Sunday. The channel, owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, is one of Prasar Bharati’s two divisions. It was established on September 15, 1959.…

Netflix loses nearly 10 lakh paid subscribers in Q2

San Francisco, July 20 (IANS) Popular video streaming platform Netflix has announced that it lost nearly one million paid subscribers in the second quarter of this year. In the second-quarter earnings report, the company revealed…

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‘How can we tell a journalist not to write, lawyer not to argue’, SC on bail conditions for Zubair

New Delhi: Giving a major relief to fact checker and Alt News co-founder Mohammed, the Supreme Court on Wednesday, granted interim bail to him. The apex court also declined to impose harsh bail conditions, which…

Meta opposes CCI probe in Delhi HC, says FB can’t be investigated ‘due to’ WhatsApp

New Delhi: Opposing the Competition Commission of India (CCI)’s probe into the latest WhatsApp privacy policy, its parent company Meta (formerly Facebook) on Friday told the Delhi High Court that the government authority cannot investigate…

Russian journo raided for discrediting army

  Moscow, Aug 10: Russian authorities raided the home of journalist Marina Ovsyannikova for allegedly discrediting the country’s army.   Security officers entered the house without waiting for the arrival of Ovsyannikova’s legal counsel, dpa…

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