New Delhi: The News Broadcasters Association (NBA) strongly condemned Monday the registration of FIRs against senior editors and journalists over the coverage of the farmers’ protest and the ensuing violence on Republic Day here. The NBA demanded that the FIRs be quashed.
Six journalists – Mrinal Pande, Rajdeep Sardesai, Vinod Jose, Zafar Agha, Paresh Nath and Anant Nath – along with Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, have been booked by police. They have been booked in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, over their alleged ‘misleading’ tweets on the violence during the farmers’ tractor rally.
In a statement, the said it is of the opinion that both the print and electronic media have been covering the farmers’ protests on the outskirts of Delhi in a fair, balanced and objective manner.
Plea seeks law to regulate fake news on social media, SC issues notice
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New Delhi, Feb 1 : The Supreme Court on Monday sought reply from the Centre on a plea seeking law to regulate social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter and hold them accountable for allegedly spreading hate speech and fake news.
The plea has been filed by advocate Vineet Jindal seeking framing of a law to prosecute those involved in spreading fake news and hate speeches. A bench comprising Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and Justices A.S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian issued notice to the Centre and others and tagged the plea with other pending petition where the petitioner has sought setting up of a media tribunal to decide complaints against media houses.
Illustration: Ajay Mohanty The News Broadcasters Association on Monday strongly condemned the registration of FIRs against senior editors and journalists over the coverage of the farmers protest and the ensuing violence on Republic Day here, and demanded that the FIRs be quashed. Six journalists Mrinal Pande, Rajdeep Sardesai, Vinod Jose, Zafar Agha, Paresh Nath and Anant Nath along with Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, have been booked by police, including in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, over their alleged misleading tweets on the violence during the farmers tractor rally in Delhi on Republic Day. In a statement, the News Broadcasters Association (NBA) said it is of the opinion that both the print and electronic media have been covering the farmers protests on the outskirts of Delhi in a fair, balanced and objective manner.
SC notice to Centre on plea seeking law to regulate social media to curb fake news, hate speech
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It said that freedom of speech and expression is a complex right as it may be subject to reasonable restrictions.
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It said that freedom of speech and expression is a complex right as it may be subject to reasonable restrictions. The Supreme Court Monday sought responses from the Centre and others on a plea seeking framing of law to regulate social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter and make them responsible for allegedly spreading fake news and hate speeches.
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New Delhi, Feb 1 (efe-epa).- Recent charges of sedition against several Indian journalists and editors for their coverage and comments during the violence at a farmers’ march a week ago in New Delhi, led a wave of criticism on Monday for what is being interpreted as an attack on press freedom.
The editors of the prestigious magazine The Caravan, Paresh Nath, Anant Nath and Vinod K Jose, and the renowned online newspaper The Wire, Siddharth Varadarajan, are among those accused of sedition or promoting hostility for their coverage of the violence that occurred on Jan. 26 during India’s Republic Day celebrations.