Working with government to remove hateful content: Facebook
August 21st, 2012 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Social networking website Facebook Tuesday said it is working with the government to remove "hateful content" that is widely being perceived as likely to ... Read more...
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Social media becoming double-edged sword
August 21st, 2012 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) The online hate campaign targeting people from the northeast has put the spotlight on the power of the social media network in India, which ... Read more...
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No diktat, but open to all-party meet on TV content: Soni
December 13th, 2011 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) With members of parliament voicing concern over objectionable content on TV channels, the government Tuesday said it was open to an all-party ... Read more...
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Government to set up Broadcasting Authority
May 3rd, 2010 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Moving beyond the contentious debate about content regulation, the government is looking at setting up a Broadcasting Authority of India, a nodal agency that would ... Read more...
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Videos insult of Malay Indian community under probe
February 6th, 2010 - 12:31 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Feb.6 (ANI): The Putera unit of the Malaysia India Congress (MIC) has asked the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission to investigate two offensive YouTube video clips that have insulted the ... Read more...
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Soni pitches for self-regulatory mechanism for media
October 28th, 2009 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) With a deluge of notices to TV channels for violating programme code, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni Wednesday said the electronic media needed to follow ... Read more...
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Soni rules out regulator, calls for media mechanism
October 20th, 2009 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) Ruling out censorship or content regulation, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni Tuesday called for setting up an independent mechanism that will balance the freedom of ... Read more...
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Independent content regulation for TV suggested
October 13th, 2009 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Despite its active participation in content regulation on Indian TV, the information and broadcasting ministry has suggested independent regulation by private players.
"The government feels that there must ... Read more...
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Formation of Regulatory Authority only after consultation with industry: Soni
August 26th, 2009 - 8:48 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 26 (ANI): Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni has said that a regulatory mechanism would be formed for broadcasting only after consultations with stakeholders.Soni assured the broadcasters that ... Read more...
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What downturn? 97 apply to run news channels
February 26th, 2009 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The economic downturn doesn't seem to have dampened the enthusiasm of India's media entrepreneurs as applications of 97 private satellite TV news channels are being scrutinised by ... Read more...
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Media booming, but regulating content urgent: Sharma (Lead)
November 26th, 2008 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 26 (IANS) Hailing an ”unprecedented media boom” in India, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Anand Sharma Wednesday underlined an “urgent need” for regulating content and said the ... Read more...
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Working towards balance in broadcast code: Anand Sharma
November 26th, 2008 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 26 (IANS) The government Wednesday said it was continuing the process of evolving consensus on the proposed broadcast code for content regulation that will find “a balance between freedom ... Read more...
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Content code regulation for news channels likely soon
March 27th, 2008 - 12:53 pm ICT by admin
Mumbai, March 27 (IANS) The content code regulation for putting restrictions on the content of various news channels will be put into effect soon, says an information and broadcasting ministry official. "We ... Read more...
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