highlights how the first four months of 2025 have not boded well for freedom of speech and expression in India. "Censorship was rife, through direct and indirect attacks on free speech and press ...

India blocks over 8,000 social media accounts, targeting journalists and portals. The sweeping government crackdown sparks ...

Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, paired with the 2009 Blocking Rules, grants the Central government vast powers ...

Both countries were deemed to have "very serious" concerns about press freedoms ... an opportunity to tighten censorship and clamp down on what it frames as "anti-India" dissent," Pamela Philipose ...

The matter is pending before the Supreme Court of India,” he ... draw any parallels between press freedom during the Emergency and at present. “There was total censorship during Emergency.

X says India told it to block 8,000 accounts or risk fines and jail for local employees. The company is complying but calls the move censorship.

At a press conference held on Friday, 16 May 2025, at the Press Club of India in New Delhi, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) ...

May 3 marks World Press Freedom Day, a moment to reflect on the health of the Fourth Estate and renew our commitment to holding power to account. But in India, there is increasingly little to ...

Blocking entire accounts is not only unnecessary, it amounts to censorship of existing and ... wore the costume of reporting. The press in India and Pakistan, both ranked at the bottom of the ...

The wave of crackdowns on press freedom comes after the massacre of 26 civilians in India-administered Kashmir on April 22. The censorship has since escalated following India’s announcement of ...