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Siddharth Varadarajan, founder of The Wire, was referring to the proposed grievance redressal mechanism in the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules.
In the past 9 years, the country's ranking has slipped by 21 ranks from 140 in 2014. India's neighbours like Afghanistan (152), Pakistan (150) and Sri Lanka (135) showed a better ranking in comparison.
At least 67 media workers were killed in 2022
The amendments to the IT rules make it obligatory on social media platforms "not to publish, share or host fake, false or misleading information" about the government.
The poll is scheduled on Monday although the billionaire did not give details on when he would step down if the poll results said he should.
Those in the media who celebrate the Wednesday judgment as a victory for press freedom must worry about what this judgment really means in terms of free speech.
The real significance of Musk’s offer of $43 billion for Twitter is that it is the price of free speech.
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