Pak lifts ban on IT

IN Media Watch Briefs | 16/09/2016

Pakistan had blocked the India Today website earlier this week after a recent issue of the news magazine carried a picture of Pakistan army chief General Raheel Sharif with a photoshopped slap mark on his face. The picture, which appeared on the cover of the September 5 issue of India Today with the headline ‘India Gets Tough’, was always going to outrage Pakistanis. However, on Friday India Today Group Editor Raj Chengappa tweeted; “Reports now say ban on India Today website lifted”. It appears that the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority had been directed to block the India Today website in the country after a Lahore court asked a petitioner to take up the matter with the government, reports The Indian Express.

TAGS

Pakistan India Today Raheel Sharif

Subscribe To The Newsletter

Media Watch Briefs

Amazon resisting voluntary censorship

The new term for self censorship is voluntary censorship, as proposed by companies like Netflix and Hotstar. ET reports that streaming video service Amazon Prime is opposing a move by its peers to adopt a voluntary censorship code in anticipation of the Indian government coming up with its own rules. Amazon is resisting because it fears that it may alienate paying subscribers.

Let the games begin

Clearly, the run to the 2019 elections is on. A journalist received a call from someone saying they were from Aajtak channel and were conducting a survey, asking whom she was going to vote for in 2019. On being told that her vote was secret, the caller assumed she wasn't going to vote for 'Modiji'. The caller, a woman, also didn't identify herself. A month or two earlier the same journalist received a call, this time from a man, asking if she was going to vote for the BSP.