Internet Censorship
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‘Bolta Hindustan’ YouTube channel removed on Centre’s orders
The editor of the digital Hindi news portal said that they were not told why the channel was removed from the Google-owned platform.
Scroll Staff
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As X accounts supporting farmers are suspended, fears grow in India about clampdown ahead of polls
With polls due soon, disinformation and hate speech targeting religious minorities, particularly Muslims, are on the rise, say fact-checkers and tech experts.
Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Orders blocking websites grew over hundredfold in last 10 years, shows RTI data
While the Centre issued 62 such orders in 2013, the figure stood at 6,954 in 2023.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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How Karnataka’s once-powerful Janata Dal Secular was reduced to a Hindutva offshoot
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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‘They built the Ram temple. That is bigger than providing jobs.’
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Will bring back electoral bonds after wider consultations, says Nirmala Sitharaman
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Twitter blocks posts of Rana Ayyub, Asaduddin Owaisi about train shooting on Centre’s order
Constable Chetan Singh walked across several coaches on a running train to kill his senior and three Muslims and then made an incendiary speech on a video.
Scroll Staff
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‘Excessive power to state’: Why experts are worried about Karnataka High Court Twitter verdict
The court has done nothing to restrict the power of the government to block legal speech, they say.
Zafar Aafaq
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Digital India bill may change the internet as we know it
The sweeping proposals expand control over the internet and further restrict freedom of speech online.
Umang Poddar
Video
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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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As social media platforms around the world surrender to state diktats, what can users do?
We need to take power in our own hands and demand pro-humanity technology from all players.
Mishi Choudhary & Eben Moglen
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Wikipedia ban in Pakistan lifted two days after it was blocked for blasphemous content
The Wikimedia Foundation had said that it does not make decisions about what content is featured on the website.
Scroll Staff
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Explained: What emergency powers has India used to block links of BBC’s Gujarat riots documentary?
The Centre exercised a provision under the controversial Information Technology Rules, 2021, to issue takedown orders to YouTube and Twitter.
Nachiket Deuskar
The Reel
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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Jammu and Kashmir recorded highest internet shutdowns in the world last year, says study
Surfshark, a VPN service provider, said that India, Russia and Iran stood out among other countries for their ‘high-profile internet censorship events’ in 2022.
Scroll Staff
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Not just social media, the new IT Act amendment will also affect news websites. Here’s how
Three-member panels appointed by the government will have the power to decide if a platform’s decision to take down a user’s post was valid.
Karnika Kohli
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What will happen if Russia cuts itself off from the internet?
With mounting pressure from the West, Moscow may create its own version of the ‘great firewall of China’.
Mohiuddin Ahmed, The Conversation & Paul Haskell-Dowland, The Conversation
The Field
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IPL 2024: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock power Lucknow to comfortable win over Chennai
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Aman loses in semi-final as Indian men fail to win Paris quotas
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Shooting, Indian Olympic trials: Esha Singh, Bhavesh Shekhawat lead in respective 25m pistol events
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Deepak Punia, Sujeet Kalkal fail to make weigh-ins in time
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Chess, Candidates 2024: Gukesh Dommaraju picks up win to become joint-leader with two rounds to go