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KOZHIKODE: Instagram has become the most sought-after social networking site in the recent past for sharing photographs and influencing thousands of youngsters. But it has also become an open marketplace for advertising illegal drugs, reveals a recent case in Malappuram where a schoolgirl was trapped.
The police cyber cell in the state has registered 1,000-plus cases for various abuses and harassment through social networking sites, especially Instagram, since Covid outbreak. In a recent survey carried out by Plan International, an NGO working for children’s rights and equality for girls in India, have found out that at least 60 per cent of the women who use social media have faced harassment or abuse.
Court: Supplement comparison guide considered advertisement under Lanham Act Can the First Amendment shield a publisher of supposedly independent product reviews if it has secretly rigged the ratings in favor of one company in exchange for compensation? According to a recent decision, this speech qualifies as commercial speech.
A federal appeals court recently upheld that a nutritional supplement maker can sue the author and publisher of the
NutriSearch Comparative Guide to Nutritional Supplements for false advertising under the Lanham Act.
“The Lanham Act is best known for being the primary federal trademark statute in the United States. In addition to the trademark provisions, Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act creates a cause of action for false advertising and prohibits any person from misrepresenting his or another person’s goods or services in ‘commercial advertising or promotion,’” explained Attorney Pooja Nair, partner at
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KOZHIKODE: It was indeed a rare moment for all medical students of Kozhikode Government Medical College when one among them bagged the Miss Kerala 2020 beauty pageant title announced on January 31. It was for the first time that a medico from any medical college in the state was bagging a title in a beauty pageant. After her competition, she came back to her campus on Tuesday to celebrate the victory with her friends and faculty at MCH.
Meet 20 year-old Erin Liz John, hailing from Ernakulam and a third-year MBBS student of Kozhikode MCH who won the Miss Kerala title which was conducted virtually for the first time ever due to Covid crisis. Erin was chosen as the beauty queen from about 200 talented Malayali contestants from different parts of the world.
‘Need to look at issues concerning children with more sensitivity’
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Media urged to keep overall context in view while reporting on children
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Media urged to keep overall context in view while reporting on children The need for sensitive reporting and effectively looking at issues concerning children and their rights came under the spotlight at a media and child rights seminar organised by the Asian College of Journalism in collaboration with the Unicef on Wednesday.
Moderating a session on “Reporting on children from a gender lens: ethics and guidelines for journalists,” Kavita Chowdhury, an independent journalist, said the coverage on children was inconsistent and lacked depth. “There is a need to go beyond the routine and look at many stories around us with a humanitarian angle,” she said.