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Critics accuse Facebook's parent company Meta of not moderating its social media platform effectively - with disastrous consequences

A fortnightly column from The Wire's ombudsperson.

Pawan Hans’s hiring of nine Muslim candidates gave the channel its bricks to build a conspiracy.

The petitioner referred to an event held in Delhi in December, where the editor administered an oath to people to be ‘prepared to kill’ for a Hindu nation.

An outpouring of support in India for Israel can be explained by India’s rightward drift under Modi, underpinned by hatred for Muslims, and a sense of identity between Zionism and Hindutva, the political philosophy of the ruling party in India.

When hate is also an ideology Hate is more than an emotion or state of mind. It is an ideology that is a pox on the polity. And it is  antithetical to the spirit of the Constitution Share Via Email   |  A+A A- The Supreme Court, in an unprecedented move, interdicted Sudarshan television channel from telecasting a programme called ‘Bindas Bol - UPSC Jihad’. Many felt that the telecast was targeted against a particular religious community. A Bench led by Justice Chandrachud is deali...

Sevanti Ninan   |     |   Published 21.12.20, 12:37 AM We had begun to believe that the Bharatiya Janata Party is striding ahead with its steady demolition of secularism and free speech because the courts are not resisting its agenda. But a closer look at what happened in the courts this year offers cause for cheer. This has been a significant year for media practitioners and citizens in ...

From rebrandings & brave coverage to the alleged TRP scandal & fake news. 15 Dec, 2020 - 09:38 AM IST     |     By Mansi Sharma     NEW DELHI: It would be no exaggeration to describe 2020 as a nightmarish sequence straight out of an apocalyptic film – with a global pandemic throwing the world in turmoil, disturbing footage of numerous coffins being lowered into the ground, a number of beloved celebrities breathing their last, and a sense of uncertainty looming over everyone’s h...