Why was the 60 minutes CECOT segment pulled out despite being screened five times and cleared by CBS lawyers? Journalist calls it ‘political’A 60 Minutes report on immigrant deportations to El Salvador's CECOT prison was abruptly cancelled. An internal email suggests the decision...
22 Dec, 2025, 12.37 PM IST
UK newspaper The Telegraph set for US ownershipRedBird Capital Partners, a US investment group, will acquire The Telegraph Media Group for £500 million. This deal concludes a two-year sa...
23 May, 2025, 02.41 PM IST
X global affairs head Nick Pickles resignsPickles had started at X as a senior manager in their London office and was appointed the Vice President of Global Affairs for X in 2023 af...
06 Sep, 2024, 10.49 AM IST
IT Rules amendment for government fact-checking unit threatens press freedom, say rights organisations"Fake, false and misleading are subjective terms with no legal definition. They can be used to arbitrarily demand removal of online content...
02 May, 2023, 09.18 PM IST
Chinese censorship is quietly rewriting the COVID-19 storyThat the Chinese government muzzled scientists, hindered international investigations and censored online discussion of the pandemic is wel...
23 Apr, 2023, 08.55 PM IST
Several Western news organisations suspend operations in Russia following censorship lawThe censorship law builds on the Kremlin’s insistence that characterizations of its attacks on Ukraine as a “war” or “invasion” rather than...
05 Mar, 2022, 07.10 AM IST
China’s hue & cry over apps ban contradict its own rule of internet censorshipChina has most extensive and sophisticated censorship regimes in the world. Described as the "Great Firewall," a number of methods are empl...
01 Jul, 2020, 08.15 PM IST
Indian newspapers, websites not accessible in ChinaThe recent action comes amid the ongoing tension between India and China after the violent standoff on June 15 in Galwan Valley area in eas...
30 Jun, 2020, 11.35 AM IST
Censorship, Your Honour; this should not standAll news beyond official press releases is the product of breaking some protocol or the other for controlling information.
06 Mar, 2019, 08.06 PM IST
Technology does not permit press censorship, no danger to free speech: Arun JaitleyMedia's credibility will be its own maker and if misused, it can also be its own breaker, he said.
16 Nov, 2018, 08.04 PM IST
Mirror Now executive editor Faye D'Souza receives RedInk award for 'Journalist of the Year'The RedInk Award for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism for 2018 has been awarded to veteran journalist William Mark Tully.
16 May, 2018, 03.39 PM IST
Tech companies might be forced to reveal company secrets under a new Chinese security lawThe law, which calls for a review of the tech industry and foreign investments in China, is asking that tech industry giants be "secure and...
03 Jul, 2015, 12.45 PM IST
Government committed to safeguard freedom of press: Prakash JavadekarGovernment today ruled out any interference in media but wanted "self mechanisms" to be improved to maintain accountability and responsibil...
08 Aug, 2014, 08.04 PM IST
Government looking to enact law to stop attacks on press: Prakash JavadekarThe minister also sought to know whether media is going to play up what public is interested in or what is in the larger public interest.
08 Jun, 2014, 02.01 PM IST
Indian-origin professor denied tenure by Singapore varsitySingapore's second largest university has rejected an appeal to renew the tenure of an Indian-origin journalism Professor who is said to be...
02 May, 2013, 01.28 AM IST
- Indian-origin professor denied tenure by Singapore university
47-year old Dr Cherian George joined NTU in 2004 and teaches courses on media at the university's Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and I...
01 May, 2013, 05.01 PM IST
- China wants PCs to come with anti-porn software
China is requiring personal computers sold in the country to carry software that blocks online pornography and other Web sites, potentially...
09 Jun, 2009, 04.02 AM IST