India's new oversight of digital news platforms is drawing protest from the media industry and activists who fear the rules will curb press freedom in the world's largest democracy. India, which has one of the world's biggest and most diverse media industries, last month announced the Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code, aimed at pushing Big Tech firms such as Facebook to comply with content takedown orders. Media executives fear such oversight could lead to censorship of content seen as critical of the government, and three digital news outlets have approached state courts.
March 26, 2021 last updated 15:12 ET A woman kneels in front of a riot police line as they block a rally of Belarusian opposition supporters in the center of Minsk, Belarus, Aug. 30, 2020 (AP photo).
Democracy Is Down, but Not Out
A raging pandemic, an absent America and an emboldened China have exacerbated an ongoing global democratic recession. That is the message of “Freedom in the World 2021,” Freedom House’s latest status report on the fortunes of democracy. During 2020, democracy retreated for the 15th consecutive year, deteriorating in 73 countries and improving in only 28 a record margin according to Freedom House, which has been tracking these trends for more than 40 years. Reversing this decline will require established democracies to play both defense and offense, bolstering democracy where it is under siege and challenging the anti-democratic message of the world’s authoritarian powers.
Your weekly dose of all the insanity that passes off as news on TV.
06 Mar, 2021
This week, we take a look at the wall to wall coverage that our news channels gave to the PM on the day he got vaccinated. From his early morning â
aam aadmiâ visit to AIIMS, to some good olâ opposition bashing for asking questions of the supreme leader, channels did their best to eulogise the PM for doing what every head of the state was bound to do.
We also look at Sudhir Chaudharyâs detailed political analysis of the West Bengal election. He, yet again, went down the
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