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SC likely to hear petitions challenging sections of India’s first privacy law this month

The petitioners are the Reporters' Collective, the Editors Guild of India, the National Campaign for People's Right to Information, Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sanghatan, human rights and transparency activist Venkatesh Nayak and journalist Geeta Seshu. Among other aspects, they have questioned provisions which amend the Right to Information (RTI) Act and…

The Economic Times

Editors Guild meet raises bigger question for Kashmir press: How to build concrete support?

One month after Jammu and Kashmir Police summoned six Kashmir-based reporters – including those from The Indian Express and Hindustan Times – the Editors Guild of India (EGI) convened an online conference on Wednesday titled “Reporting From Kashmir: Challenges and Opportunities.”

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Editors Guild condemns YouTube’s takedown of Ruben Banerjee’s channel

The Editors Guild of India (EGI) strongly condemned the sudden removal of senior journalist Ruben Banerjee’s YouTube channel, Mu Ruben Kahuchhi (I am Ruben speaking), stating that it raises “serious questions of freedom of expression, platform power, and the lack of clarity in digital governance”.

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‘Journalists will now write PR copies’: At open meet, experts slam new data law

To discuss how the new Digital Personal Data Protection Act will impact journalism, five press associations organised an open meeting at the Press Club of India’s premises in New Delhi on Monday.

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Maintain accuracy, no sensationalism: Editors’ Guild releases Ethics Code for media

Taking note of the changes the media landscape has undergone over the last two two decades, the Editors’ Guild of India on Tuesday released a revised ethics code for journalists.

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Press bodies condemn FIR against Mahesh Langa, seek PCI intervention

Five press bodies have condemned the second FIR against The Hindu journalist Mahesh Langa. Four of them have urged the Press Council of India to “perform its mandate of safeguarding the freedom of the press”.

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IT Rules amendment: Bombay High Court reserves judgement

The Bombay High Court has reserved its judgment in petitions challenging the IT Amendment Rules, 2023, which empowers the central government to establish fact-check units to identify “fake news” about itself on social media and order its take down, Livelaw reported.

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‘Threat to freedom’: Editors’ Guild writes to Rahul over govt’s measures to ‘control media’

The Editors’ Guild of India has written to the leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi over “concerns” about “legislative measures taken to control media” over the past years, urging the opposition to raise questions in the parliament.

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IT Rules amendment: Centre says not preventing fake news would violate basic rights

In the pleas challenging the IT Rules amendment, the centre defended its fact-check unit and told the Bombay High Court that not preventing fake or false news would violate the fundamental rights conferred by Article 19(1)(a) of the constitution, Livelaw reported.

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Editors Guild says arrest of on-duty journalist in Sandeshkhali 'worrisome'

The Editors Guild of India termed as “worrisome” the arrest of an on-duty television journalist by the West Bengal Police

The Hindu

Editors Guild terms draft Broadcast Services (Regulation) Bill 'vague', 'excessively intrusive'

The Editors Guild of India (EGI) has said the draft Broadcast Services (Regulation) Bill circulated by the government is “vague and excessively intrusive”

The Hindu

‘To cover protests is no crime’: Editors Guild condemns Kerala police’s FIR against journalist

The Editors Guild of India said yesterday it was “deeply disturbed” by the registration of an FIR against a Kerala journalist for reporting on a students’ protest.

Newslaundry

Retrograde step: On government fact-checking units

For governments to deem themselves or units constituted by them as the adjudicator of what is false is a retrograde move as an interested party deciding upon what is factual or not is problematic

The Hindu

Anant Nath elected president of Editors Guild of India

Anant Nath, editor of ‘The Caravan’, was on Saturday elected the president of the Editors Guild of India.

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‘Free speech, not offence’: SC extends protection to Editors Guild in Manipur report FIRs

The Supreme Court again extended its interim protection to four members of the Editors Guild of India in the FIRs lodged over their fact-finding report, and said the “entire complaint is the government’s counter-narrative”, Livelaw reported.

The Hindu

Quash report by Editors’ Guild: Meitei body to Manipur High Court

The report was published by the EGI on September 2 after it sent a team to look into a complaint from the Indian Army about misinformation being spread in the State.

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Manipur FIRs: Nearly 2 months before Editors Guild report, army letter pointed to 3 cases, ‘media bias’

In the hearing in which the Supreme Court extended its interim protection to the Editors Guild of India over the FIRs against its controversial fact-finding report, the guild said it had only visited Manipur on the army’s request.

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Manipur report FIRs: SC extends interim protection to Editors Guild

The Supreme Court has extended its interim protection to four members of the Editors Guild of India, in connection with the two cases lodged against them over their fact-finding report.

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Editors Guild of India tells Supreme Court that Army ‘invited’ it to Manipur

The Editors Guild of India (EGI) on Monday told the Supreme Court that its team had visited Manipur on the Army’s invitation to make an “objective assessment” of the “unethical and ex parte reporting” by the vernacular media. The Chief Justice was puzzled why the Army wanted the EGI to…

The Hindu

Petulant intimidation: On the FIR against Editors’ Guild members

It reflects poorly on the authorities if police cases are used to silence fact-finding initiatives of civil society, such as the one by the Editors Guild of India on the Manipur situation

The Hindu

Supreme Court protects Editors Guild of India journalists from arrest by Manipur Police

The Supreme Court agreed to hear a plea of the Editors Guild of India (EGI), whose Manipur fact-finding team is facing the risk of arrest from the State.

The Hindu

Editors Guild urges Manipur govt. to close cases against its president and fact-finding team members

The Editors Guild of India urged the Manipur government to close the cases registered by the State police against its president and the members of a fact-finding team

Newslaundry

‘Shocked’ by Manipur CM’s remarks: Editors Guild urges govt to drop fact-finding report FIR

The Editors Guild of India has said that it is “disturbed” by the FIR over its fact-finding report and shocked by Manipur Chief Minister Biren Singh’s “intimidatory” remarks.

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Manipur report FIR: Valley groups claim bid to show Kukis as victims, Editors Guild says ‘no prejudice’

Three members of a fact-finding team and the president of the Editors Guild of India have been booked for publishing a “false, fabricated and paid” report on how Manipur media outlets have covered the ongoing conflict.

The Hindu

Priyank Kharge says fact-checking body will be apolitical, won’t impinge on press freedom

After the Editors’ Guild of India voiced concern over Karnataka government’s proposed fact-checking unit, IT/BT Minister Priyank Kharge clarified on Tuesday that the unit would not attempt to “impinge upon the freedom of the press” and would have an “apolitical stance.”

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