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Meta’s shifting goalposts, new tools of censorship: Will 2025 be India’s year of jeopardy?

Modi’s vision of a restrained online space in India had a busy but not wholly satisfying 2024. The latest version of the Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill vanished from sight after content creators vociferously pushed back. The Digital India Bill, which aimed to wrestle control from Silicon Valley, similarly could not…

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HC asks Zubair to move trial court for release of seized electronic devices

The Delhi High Court has asked Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair to move the trial court for release of his electronic devices, which were seized by the Delhi Police from his home in 2022 in the case concerning a tweet posted by him in 2018, Bar and Bench reported.

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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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South Central Ep 4: Cyclone Fengal, Zubair, Pawan Kalyan’s politics

In this episode, hosts Dhanya Rajendran, Pooja Prasanna, and Leena Reghunath are joined by weather blogger Srikanth and political consultant Tara Krishnaswamy.

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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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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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Global Fact-checkers Battle Harassment, Threats, Financial Perils

From India and South Korea to Croatia and North Macedonia, fact-checking organizations battling an ever-rising tide of misinformation in a major election year are buffeted by legal threats, harassment and funding shortfalls.

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Students, officials climb Ballari Hill to create awareness on Constitution

Scores of students and officials climb Ballari Hill to raise awareness about the Constitution's objectives and principles.

The Hindu

Tamil Nadu honour for Mohammed Zubair | Recognising a fact-checker

Tamil Nadu has sent out a message by conferring an award on AltNews founder Mohammed Zubair

The Hindu

‘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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Now, a new hate campaign against Zubair with wild claims about his time in jail

Social media isn’t really the place to parse fact from fiction. And sections of social media users – many who purchased the “blue tick” on X – are doing their best to populate websites with wild theories.

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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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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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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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Taxi drivers murdered, robbed or attacked as they tried to make an honest living in Greater Manchester

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David Platt GUILTY of punching taxi driver in the face in racially motivated attack

David Platt, 30, was jailed for 20 months

The Hindu

Nobel Peace Prize 2022 | AltNews cofounders Pratik Sinha, Mohammed Zubair among favourites

AltNews journalists Pratik Sinha and Mohammed Zubair and Indian author Harsh Mander were included in an unofficial shortlist of favourites for the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, ahead of the announcement of the winner on October 7

The Independent UK

Indian fact-checkers believed to be among front-runners for Nobel Peace Prize

Pratik Sinha and Mohammed Zubair have been running a campaign debunking misinformation in India since 2017

Evening Standard

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate: When will the winner be announced and who are the favourites?

Everything you need to know about the Nobel Peace Prize laureate

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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.

The Hindu

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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