Former Supreme Court Justice B.N. Srikrishna says that police must be able to demonstrate the need to gather data without consent and simply saying the purpose is a criminal investigation is not adequate.
As many as 21 Indian diasporic organisations from across the globe saw the raids on 'The Wire' as part of an "ongoing deterioration of journalistic and press freedoms in India".
Given the discrepancies that have come to our attention via our review so far, The Wire will also conduct a thorough review of previous reporting done by the technical team involved in our Meta coverage.