No one will believe that Indian telecom sector was regulated by Indian Telegraph act of 1885 till November of 2023, as government had made drastic changes, in the operation of this vital sector from 1991, but could not change its basic legal frame work, leading to many upheavals in the sector. Celebrated as showcase sector […]
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India, with the largest user base of 487 million (Statista) and a user growth rate of 16.6% every year, WhatsApp has emerged as the biggest carrier of what is now called “fear speech,” adding fuel to the increasing communal violence in the country. An interesting study of WhatsApp usage by a group of scholars of […]
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Two recent incidents of the last week give one ominous signs that there is a censorship on in this country. The news that intelligence bureau people are enquiring into a research paper of Asoka University near Delhi clearly points to the hurdles in academic freedom. The fact that police blocked a closed door seminar, We […]
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There is an interesting case in Mumbai High Court, which will decide whether India will have a censor—fact check unit for social media in India. The case is filed by satirist Kunal Kamra, the Editors Guild of India and the Association of Indian Magazine and regional channels challenging the constitutional validity of the IT (Intermediary […]
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The International Film Festival of India (IFFI) of 2022 saw the world waking up to new genre of Indian films officially being promoted by India through the film “Kashmir File”. The IFFI jury chairman, an Israeli filmmaker based in Paris, Naved Lapid, described “Kashmir file”, promoted by the ruling party at the Centre, with series […]
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