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WE have said that what the circumstances call for is not a modification of the Press Act, but its total repeal. We will now proceed to answer some of the objections which can conceivably be urged agai

Laurence Tribe: First Amendment fantasies in the social media debate Laurence Tribe, opinion contributor © istock Laurence Tribe: First Amendment fantasies in the social media debate Privately owned social media platforms like Facebook have exploded with wealth and influence. These companies have thrived on an opaque business model that weaponizes a fantasy version of the First Amendment to justify offering users temptingly convenient forms of personalized information-sharing...

Daily Times May 5, 2021 1759, Peter Forsskal, the genius of the Swedish transformation, writes “finally it is also an important right in a free society to be freely allowed to contribute to society’s well-being. However, if that is to occur, it must be possible for society’s state of affairs to become known to everyone, and it must be possible for everyone to speak his mind freely about it. Where this is lacking, liberty is not worth its name” in his pamphlet Thoughts on Civil Liberty p...

Magistrate Rachel Montebello has ordered the prosecution of journalists for filing a story – for doing their job. They published a sordid picture: Joseph Cuschieri, former head of the Malta Gaming Authority and former CEO of the Malta Financial Services Authority, half-naked in an intimate embrace with bare-chested Yorgen Fenech, reclining on Fenech’s luxury yacht – both sticking their tongue out, taunting a nation. Cuschieri, the regulator tasked with ensuring Fenech adhered to the rules...

To honor Jamal Khashoggi, punish countries and leaders who target journalists: Schiff and Klobuchar Ban U.S. foreign aid to government entities that violate journalists human rights and levy sanctions on individuals and foreign leaders who do the same. Adam Schiff and Amy Klobuchar Opinion contributors More than two years have passed since Jamal Khashoggi was murdered and dismembered at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. Jamal’s work as a journalist, his advocacy for democratic reforms and the...

2100 AT last the Government of India has realised the recklessness of letting the Press Act remain on the Statute Book, at any rate in its present form. At the last meeting of the Legislative Assembly, it was proposed by an official member that a Committee of officials and non-officials be appointed to examine the Press and Registration of Books Act and the Indian Press Act and report what modifications were required in the existing law. The proposal was carried, after it had been amended at th...

Put America first again in backing a free press Bill introduced by Klobuchar would hold governments accountable for too-frequent abuses.  By EDITORIAL BOARD, Star Tribune February 22, 2021 — 5:34pm Text size Copy shortlink: In 2018, the brutal murder and dismemberment of dissident and journalist Jamal Khashoggi became the most noted example of the extraordinary perils many media members face. Tragically, Khashoggis killing was hard...

Laws Laws Laws are rules that everyone living in a country is obliged to comply with. One of the Riksdags most important tasks is to take decisions about the laws that are to apply in Sweden. A distinction is made between fundamental laws and other laws. The fundamental laws contain basic rules as to how the country is to be governed and take precedence over all other laws. The Government can also take decisions about rules that are to apply in Sweden. These rule...

Read more about Farmers protest: Cong slams BJP for FIRs against Tharoor, 6 journalists on Business Standard. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra alleged that the ruling party has torn to shreds the ignity of democracy by this action.

The Arunodoi Age, 1840-1880: Assam’s Monthly Magazine of News and Views Rise of the rationale The recent decision of the Asom Sahitya Sabha to tell people about the 175 year old monthly magazine Orunodoi (Sunrise) really is gratifying as it will give us a glimpse of what the world of journalism was in those days. Mind you, an annual subscription to Orunodoi in 1846 was quite costly: one rupee per annum. That was not the time of paper currency. You could pay your annual subscription in coins...