News Channels - Censorship, Law, Ban on News Channels
In a 24-minute interview to Karan Thapar for The Wire, Ram said: “Broadcast television … has been awful. It must be amongst the worst in the world, whether you look at either the Hindi television sector or the so-called national TV news channels, they’ve been awful for the most part. Almost overwhelmingly.”
12/11/2025
Senior journalist Ruben Banerjee's channel was removed from YouTube without prior warning or disclosure of content that led to its removal. ‘Platforms Functioning as Monopolies’: Editors Guild on Youtube’s Arbitrary Removal of Journalist’s Channel - The Wire
The channel, with over 30,000 subscribers, featured videos that covered social welfare, teachers’ issues, women’s self-help groups, and state politics in Odisha. “Recently, Mr. Banerjee has also engaged in sharp commentary on leaders in both the state and central governments,” the statement said.
21/08/2025
The requirement of seeking consent for publishing personal information, and penalties up to Rs 250 crore or even Rs 500 crore for violation of the Act will severely curtail press freedom. Media Under Attack: India’s New Data Protection Law - The Wire
The Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP Act) 2023 will have a chilling impact on the freedom of the press and people’s right to information. The excessive powers vested in the Union government and the failure to exempt collection and processing of personal data for journalistic purposes from the ambit of the Act poses a serious threat to independent journalism.
The requirement of seeking consent for publishing personal information, and penalties up to Rs 250 crore or even Rs 500 crore for violation of the Act will severely curtail press freedom. It would effectively prevent journalists from exposing names of politicians, government officials and industrialists involved in corruption scams, criminal cases or human rights abuses.
Journalist bodies including the Editor’s Guild of India and Press Club of India fear this law could end exposed corruption and silence whistleblowers, fundamentally altering India’s media landscape. The DPDP Act also drastically weakens the Right to Information Act by exempting all personal information from disclosure. Understand the hidden dangers in the DPDP law for public interest journalism and the future of transparency.
by Amrita Johri and Anjali Bhardwaj
50 YouTube चैनल बंद हो गए! कांग्रेस क्या करेगी? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQUCJBeilEg 
Transcript of a discussion between YTers, "J:\fortransfer\youtubechannels.html" Some portions: (Draft-Under edit) The Congress party is not doing any thing to support independent media. The media is sitting in someone's pocket and it has the key to oxygen. If the advertisement of the Uttar Pradesh government is running on a channel for half an hour every day, money is coming from there, how will that channel speak against it? On top of that, it also thinks that my 80-year-old father has given his entire life to journalism, what will he do if the ED takes him away tomorrow.
https://4pm.co.in/modi-government-scared-of-4pm/130826
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buwxYJqgG_w
लोकतंत्र की एक मजबूत आवाज को कुचलने की कोशिश : संजय शर्मा
हमारा नेशनल चैनल 4 पीएम सरकार ने बंद करवा दिया। नेशनल सिक्योरिटी का बहाना बनाकर लोकतंत्र की एक मजबूत आवाज को कुचलने की कोशिश की गई है। मैं देश से उतना ही नहीं, उससे कहीं ज्यादा प्यार करता हूँ जितना ये सरकार दावा करती है। अगर किसी वीडियो पर सरकार को आपत्ति थी, तो एक मेल भेजकर बताया जा सकता था। मैं खुद जांचता और अगर गलती होती, तो उसे हटा देता। लेकिन सच ये है कि मोदी देश नहीं हैं। सरकार से सवाल पूछना गुनाह नहीं है, लोकतंत्र में आवाज उठाना हमारा अधिकार है।