![]() ![]() ![]() In the second instance, the higher judiciary passed an order that pertains to the regulation of Media.Nageswara Rao in a judgment regarding the Foundation for Independent Journalism. We do not want press freedom to be muzzled,” Justice L. The Supreme Court recently said it did not want press freedom to be muzzled even as it granted interim protection to journalists of a news website from any coercive action by the State of Uttar Pradesh.Let's go through the three instances related to freedom of press and media laws in India: There are some additional judicial safeguards requiring court orders or judicial consent before the police can gain access to journalistic material or state agencies can instigate surveillance in certain circumstances but, in practice, the law provides limited protection to journalistic material and sources.“If it were left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” - Thomas Jefferson Recent Updates Related To Freedom of Press In India: There is some special provision for journalism and other literary and artistic activities, chiefly intended as protection against prior restraint, in the data protection and human rights legislation. ![]() These include libel laws, official secrets and anti-terrorism legislation, the law of contempt and other legal restrictions on court reporting, the law of confidence and development of privacy and data protection actions, intellectual property laws, legislation regulating public order, trespass, harassment, anti-discrimination and obscenity. Journalists in the UK are already subject to a wide range of legal restrictions. Other threats to press freedom include proposals for an online harms regime, unless news publishers’ websites and content are exempted, Law Commission proposals for tougher criminal laws against government leaks, efforts to water down Freedom of Information legislation which the NMA has successfully campaigned against, new court reporting restrictions, and the use of state surveillance powers to uncover journalists’ sources. ![]() Yet they thrive in their willingness to inform the world about the war crimes as well as to tell personal stories of our amazing people." CEO, Association of Independent Regional Publishers of Ukraine, Oksana Brovko "These days most of our journalists keep working from the bomb shelters – without electricity supply and often without the internet. Instead, the majority of the industry – nationals, regionals and magazines – has signed up to a tough new system of self-regulation under the Independent Press Standards Organisation which started work in September 2014. No significant publications have chosen to submit to this regime. Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 is designed to punish newspapers in libel and privacy cases – even if they win – if they have refused to sign up to state-backed regulation, a mixture of medieval prerogative and political control. The battle between politicians and the press in the wake of the Leveson Inquiry has abated but not disappeared. As the eyes and ears of the public, journalists must be able to report upon matters of public interest without fear of arrest or other forms of interference. Press freedom is an essential pillar to any democracy. At national, regional and local level, it is the public’s watchdog, activist and guardian as well as educator, entertainer and contemporary chronicler. The press provides the platform for a multiplicity of voices to be heard. ![]()
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