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‘Not dreaded criminal’: Allahabad HC stays Zubair’s arrest in FIR over X post till Jan 6

The Allahabad High Court has stayed the “immediate arrest” of Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair in connection with his X post featuring a video clip of controversial priest Yati Narsinghanand until January 6, Livelaw reported.

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‘Targeted for fact-checking’: Human rights bodies condemn criminal case against Zubair

Days after reports of a fresh case being lodged against Alt News founder Mohammed Zubair in Uttar Pradesh over his social media post, international human rights organisations have issued a letter in his support, condemning the police action.

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‘Instead focus on prosecuting hate mongers’: DIGIPUB condemns ‘sedition-like’ charges against Zubair

Media association DIGIPUB has condemned the Uttar Pradesh police’s action against Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair, calling the FIR filed over his social media posts an “escalating harassment” and demanding its revocation.

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Yati Narsinghanand tweet FIR: Zubair moves HC seeking protection from arrest

Alt News cofounder Mohammad Zubair has moved the Allahabad High Court seeking protection from arrest in a case filed by supporters of controversial Dasna priest Yati Narsinghanand, Bar and Bench reported.

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Another FIR against Mohammed Zubair, this time for tweets on Narsinghanand

Based on a BJP leader’s complaint, UP police have filed an FIR under various sections against Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair for his tweets on Yati Narsinghanand’s incendiary remarks on Prophet Muhammad.

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Delhi HC orders man to post apology for calling Alt News co-founder ‘jihadi’ in 2020

Delhi High Court has ordered one Jagdish Singh to post an apology on his X account for calling Alt News co-founder and journalist Mohammed Zubair a “jihadi” on the social media platform, Bar and Bench reported.

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Modi 3.0 hall of fame: The special guests and what they did to get there

The dress code was floral or summer ceremonial. The invites were in cursive. The guest list was over 9,000, including heads of states, filmstars, sports celebrities, and corporate honchos. And there was an afterparty, with an elaborate vegetarian menu.

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‘Half-truth peddler’: BJP upset after TN honours Zubair with communal harmony award

The BJP is displeased with the DMK government in Tamil Nadu after it gave Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair an award for promoting communal harmony.

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Regulating media briefings by the police | Explained

With the Union Ministry of Home Affairs being ordered to prepare revised guidelines on media briefings by police personnel, we look at what the existing guidelines are and their shortcomings

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School where Muslim student was slapped by classmates on teacher’s order remains closed for third day

FIR lodged against Alt News co-founder for disclosing identity of minor Muslim boy slapped by classmates on teacher's instructions.

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U.P. slap row: FIR lodged against Alt News co-founder

FIR lodged against Alt News co-founder for disclosing identity of minor boy slapped by classmates on teacher's instruction. Complainant Vishnu Dutt alleged Zubair shared video of incident on social media. Teacher Tripta Tyagi accused of tampering video to give communal colour. Teacher claimed she was forced to get student slapped…

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Zubair booked for ‘disclosing the identity’ of student slapped in UP school

Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair has been booked for allegedly disclosing the identity of a seven-year-old Muslim boy who was slapped by his classmates on the order of their teacher in a school in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh.

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Fact-checker Mohammad Zubair receives multiple deaths threats online

Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair has received a fresh flurry of online threats from several pro-Hindutva influencers, with some even inciting violence against the journalist. The threats range from those demanding lone wolf attacks against Zubair to seeking “extrajudicial steps" against him.

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Delhi HC asks police what action it took against Twitter user who posted ‘offensive tweets’ on Zubair

The Delhi High Court yesterday asked the Delhi police what action it had taken against a Twitter user who had posted “offensive tweets” about Alt News cofounder Mohammad Zubair.

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Content termed ‘fake’ by PIB’s fact check must be taken down, suggests proposed change to IT Rules

All intermediaries, including social media platforms, will need to ensure that any news article identified as “fake or false” by the Press Information Bureau’s Fact Check Unit is not allowed on their platform, according to a newly proposed amendment to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code)…

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Among media outlets, Times Group, Zee shared most misinformation in 2022: Alt News

The Times Group topped Alt News’s list of media outlets that shared misinformation in 2022, followed by Zee Media, the India Today Group, right-wing blog OpIndia and NDTV.

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India fact-checkers face threats, jail in misinformation fight

Mumbai (AFP) - Hunched over laptops in small office cubicles, a group of Indian fact-checkers is on the frontlines of a war against misinformation, braving online abuse and legal threats.

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Alt News cofounder says Delhi police attributed ‘concocted, false disclosures’ to him: LiveLaw

Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair has said he made no disclosure statements to the Delhi police over his arrest for a tweet posted in 2018, and that the police were using “concocted, wholly false” disclosures instead, LiveLaw reported today. Zubair submitted a response in this regard to the police’s status…

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Alt News fact-checks ‘pro-Pak’ slogans in Pune. Sakal’s news channel accuses it of ‘misleading people’

The Pune police might have announced that “Pakistan Zindabad” slogans were not raised during a Popular Front of India protest in Pune on September 23, but the media is unconvinced.

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Alt News calls out Shiv Aroor, Chitra Tripathi, Sudhir Chaudhary, Rajat Sharma’s misinfo on Indian Navy ensign

India Today anchor Shiv Aroor did a show the other day outraging that Manmohan Singh’s government had the Indian Navy bring back a colonial ensign after it was banished during Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s rule.

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Two think-tanks face tax ‘survey’

The Income Tax (I-T) Department conducted “surveys” at the premises of two think tanks and a charity

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Supreme Court grants Zubair permission to seek quashing of Sitapur FIR at Delhi High Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair permission to approach the Delhi High Court to quash an FIR lodged against him in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur.

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Alt News' Mohammad Zubair granted liberty to move Delhi High Court for quashing of Sitapur FIR

Mohammad Zubair was given bail on July 20

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Arshdeep trolling: BJP leader files complaint against Zubair for ‘conspiring’ with ‘Pakistani elements’

BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa has filed a police complaint against Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair, accusing him of working with “Pak agencies” to set a “Khalistani” narrative against cricketer Arshdeep Singh.

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‘Har Har Shambhu’ row: How TV news manufactured a ‘fatwa campaign’ over a cleric’s remark

Darul Uloom Deoband, India’s largest Islamic seminary, is back in the headlines for another “fatwa”, reported first by news agency ANI and amplified by sections of the legacy media – ostensibly to manufacture a controversy where none existed.

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