Manipur Police Withdraws Notice â Issued Under New Digital Media Rules â to News Show
Barely a week after the Modi government brought in a set of draconian rules to restrict the freedom of digital news outlets, the northeastern state had become the first to use it to threaten the media.
I&B minister Prakash Javadekar, the notice issued by the Manipur government and Kishorechandra Wangkhem. Illustration: The Wire
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New Delhi: Hours after a legal notice â issued to a news and current affairs platform in Imphal by making use of the Narendra Modi government’s new rules to ‘regulate’ digital media â resulted in nationwide outrage, the Manipur government decided to withdraw it.
Updated Mar 02, 2021 · 10:19 pm A photo of Frontier Manipur s executive editor Paojel Chaoba. | Manipuri Khonjel via Facebook
A journalist in Manipur, Paojel Chaoba, on Monday received a notice from the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled state government under the recently notified Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. This is reportedly the first time that a notice has been issued under the new guidelines that the Centre announced on February 25.
The Frontier Manipur, on February 28. The discussion was on the new rules for digital media platforms, and titled “Media Under Siege: Are Journalists Walking a Tight Rope.”
“.it has come to the notice of the undersigned that you are providing online services on news and current affairs on social media platform through the Facebook page.,” the notice from Imphal West District Magistrate Naorem Praveen Singh read. “.you are directed to furnish all the relevant d
Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | New online, digital code fails to empower users
Published Mar 2, 2021, 10:16 am IST
Updated Mar 2, 2021, 10:16 am IST
Fake news is a significant reason that media literacy has emerged strongly in the education curricula around the world
If the government’s intent is to provide more rights to its people, it must help soothe the nerves of people who are now confused about what to say on the social media. (Representational image)
The new Information and Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021 under Section 79 of the IT Act has created a flutter. The news media has paid extraordinary attention, space and time to it as it unfolded, and with good reason. Few people dispute the need for some kind of regulation of the digital media. But the debate is over whether it does what is needed. How empowering a tool are the new rules for the public, who are the ultimate users?
Manipur Journalist Paojel Chaoba First To Be Sent Notice Under New Digital Media Rules
The Manipur-based journalist Paojel Chaoba was earlier arrested under the Unlawful Atrocities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and Section 124A (sedition) Twitter Outlook Web Bureau 2021-03-02T17:20:59+05:30 Manipur Journalist Paojel Chaoba First To Be Sent Notice Under New Digital Media Rules outlookindia.com 2021-03-02T19:15:11+05:30
Paojel Chaoba, a journalist from Manipur, has reportedly been sent a notice by the state under the newly introduced Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. The notice has been sent to the journalist over a discussion he participated in for his organisation, The Frontier Manipur (TFM).
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