{"id":805,"date":"2021-03-11T05:56:18","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T04:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/11\/wolf-in-watchdogs-clothing-indias-new-digital-media-laws-spark-fears-for-freedoms\/"},"modified":"2021-03-11T05:56:18","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T04:56:18","slug":"wolf-in-watchdogs-clothing-indias-new-digital-media-laws-spark-fears-for-freedoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/11\/wolf-in-watchdogs-clothing-indias-new-digital-media-laws-spark-fears-for-freedoms\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Wolf in watchdog’s clothing’: India’s new digital media laws spark fears for freedoms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everything from online news to social media and streaming platforms are captured by the regulations, branded \u2018palpably illegal\u2019 by opponents<\/p>\n

Not long before he was elected as India\u2019s prime minister in 2014, Narendra Modi spoke of his dreams of a \u201cdigital India\u201d, where \u201caccess to information knows no barriers\u201d.<\/p>\n

But this week, unprecedented barriers on every form of digital content, from online news to social media and films and television on streaming platforms, came into force, making India\u2019s digital realm one of the most heavily regulated of any major democracy.<\/p>\n

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\nEverything from online news to social media and streaming platforms are captured by the regulations, branded \u2018palpably illegal\u2019 by opponents
\nNot long before he was elected as India\u2019s prime minister in 2014, Narendra Modi spoke of his dreams of a \u201cdigital India\u201d, where \u201caccess to information knows no barriers\u201d.
\nBut this week, unprecedented barriers on every form of digital content, from online news to social media and films and television on streaming platforms, came into force, making India\u2019s digital realm one of the most heavily regulated of any major democracy. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Everything from online news to social media and streaming platforms are captured by the regulations, branded \u2018palpably illegal\u2019 by opponents Not long before he was elected as India\u2019s prime minister in 2014, Narendra Modi spoke of his dreams of a \u201cdigital India\u201d, where \u201caccess to information knows no barriers\u201d. But this week, unprecedented barriers on …<\/p>\n

‘Wolf in watchdog’s clothing’: India’s new digital media laws spark fears for freedoms<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}