Bing, the new search engine from Microsoft is varying search results of the term “sex” dependent on the country. The UK, US and all European countries produce long lists of results but Arabian countries, China, India and several others produce no results leading to accusations of censorship. Read more here
The South Asia Media Solidarity Network is an alliance of journalists’ trade unions, press freedom organisations and journalists in South Asia committed to working together to promote freedom of expression, freedom of association and journalists’ rights in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
The legal system forces once proud newspapers to grovel when faced with pressure from religious groups, says Salil Tripathi
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Indians calling for the banning of hit film Slumdog Millionaire are displaying a very skewed sense of priority, says Salil Tripathi
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