Cable Television Networks Regulation Act Programme Code News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Government s new guidelines for digital news will amount to killing freedom of press: Siddharth Varadarajan
The guidelines mandate a three-tier grievance redressal mechanism to enforce the Code of Ethics that will include self-regulation, followed by self-regulation by independent bodies and lastly the government s oversight mechanism
Siddharth Varadarajan
Criticising the new guidelines issued by the government, mandating digital news platforms in India to be governed by a Code of Ethics and a three-level grievance redress mechanism, Siddharth Varadarajan, Founding Editor of The Wire, said they are an additional burden on digital publishers.
“On a quick reading, the burdens being placed on publishers of digital news go beyond the basic restrictions on freedom of speech (and thus freedom of the press) envisaged by Article 19 and are, therefore, ultra vires the Constitution. Digital publishers are already subject to Article 19 restrictions and the numerous defam ....

Prakash Javadekar , Siddharth Varadarajan , Ministry Of Electronics , Council Of India , Supreme Court , Cable Television Networks Regulation Act Programme Code , Bestmediainfo Bureau , Ministry Of Information , Information Technology Guidelines For Intermediaries , High Court , Chacko Mumbai , Founding Editor , Indian Constitution , Grievance Redressal Officer , Press Council , Cable Television Networks Regulation Act , Programme Code , Information Technology , Digital Media Ethics Code , Broadcast Seva , Governments New Guidelines For Digital News , சித்தார்த் வரதராஜன் , அமைச்சகம் ஆஃப் மின்னணுவியல் , சபை ஆஃப் இந்தியா , உச்ச நீதிமன்றம் , கேபிள் தொலைக்காட்சி நெட்வொர்க்குகள் ஒழுங்குமுறை நாடகம் ப்ரோக்ராம் குறியீடு ,