The Indian government requested Facebook to provide data for 20,805 users (including 861 emergency requests) -- second only to the US government -- in the July-December 2018 period and the social networking giant provided some data in 53 per cent of the cases.


India 2nd in government requests for users' data on FB


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The US Justice Department has filed 17 new charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is currently facing extradition from the UK, under the Espionage Act for his role in unlawfully encouraging, receiving and publishing national defence information in concert with former American Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning.


Assange faces 17 new charges under Espionage Act


As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday appeared set to retain power, the party emerged as a clear winner on social networks and traditional media platforms -- reaching out to its target audience in a much mor organised and methodological manner than its rivals.


'Main Bhi Chowkidar' emerged big winner on social media


Paris, May 20 (IANS/AKI) United Nations cultural organisation Unesco chief Audrey Azoulay on Monday deplored the recent murder of two journalists in Pakistan and urged their killers to be brought to justice.


UN condemns killing of two reporters in Pakistan


A former journalist and cultural adviser to the lower house of Parliament has been shot dead by unknown gunmen in Kabul, just days after she shared on social media that her life was in danger.


Ex-journalist, cultural adviser shot dead in Afghanistan


The new management of TV9 multilingual television news channels on Friday sacked Ravi Prakash and M.K.V.N Murthy, both whole-time directors and CEO and CFO respectively.


TV9's new management sacks Ravi Prakash as CEO


Cyberabad Police have registered two cases against leading television news channel TV9 CEO V. Ravi Prakash and some others of the company on charges of forgery, cheating and criminal conspiracy.


TV9 CEO Ravi Prakash booked for forgery


A Delhi court on Thursday granted bail to Congress leader Jairam Ramesh in connection with a defamation case filed by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval's son Vivek Doval.


Court grants bail to Jairam Ramesh in defamation case


Amanda Knox has announced that she will return to Italy in June for the first time since being convicted and jailed, but then ultimately acquitted in 2015, of killing her British roommate in the hilltop town of Perugia.


Amanda Knox returning to Italy for 1st time since acquittal


Singapore parliament has passed a comprehensive piece of legislation to combat fake news, after a marathon two-day debate, amid criticism from opponents and activists who consider it an attack on freedom of expression, the media reported on Thursday.


Singapore passes fake news bill after days of debate


The UK broadcasting regulator has launched a formal probe into an allegation that China Global Television Network (CGTN), the international news channel of the state-run China Central Television (CCTV), aired a confession forced from a British private investigator while imprisoned in Beijing.


UK media regulator probes China's state broadcaster


Journalists in Jammu and Kashmir's Leh district have accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of trying to bribe them.


Leh reporters accuse BJP of bribery, party denies


Rome, May 7 (IANS/AKI) The United Nations's cultural organisation on Tuesday hailed the news that prize-winning Reuters investigative journalists Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone were freed by Myanmar after over 500 days behind bars, calling their release "a positive step forward for press freedom".


Unesco welcomes Myanmar's release of two Reuters reporters


The US' Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has warned Norway that a prominent Arab activist who is living in the country under asylum protection is facing a potential threat from Saudi Arabia, the media reported on Tuesday.


CIA warns Arab activist of 'threat from Saudi Arabia'


Two Reuters journalists, who were imprisoned for their reporting of a massacre carried out by Myanmar's military forces against the Rohingya Muslim minority, were pardoned and freed from prison on Tuesday after spending over 500 days behind bars.


Jailed Reuters journalists freed in Myanmar (2nd Lead)


The Indian owner of a Dubai-based Malayalam TV station has fled the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as he struggled to keep it afloat amid mounting losses, leaving unpaid employees in limbo, the media reported.


Malayalam TV station owner flees UAE amid huge losses


Two Reuters journalists, who were jailed after reporting a massacre carried out by Myanmar's military forces against the Rohingya Muslim minority, were freed on Tuesday after more than 500 days in prison.


Jailed Reuters journalists freed in Myanmar


Jailed Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were freed on Tuesday in Myanmar, after a presidential amnesty.


Jailed Reuters journalists walk free


In a heated exchange between lawyers of both parties, former Union Minister M.J. Akbar recorded his statement in a Delhi court on Saturday saying that the allegations levelled by journalist Priya Ramani against him were defamatory and mala fide.


Ramani's allegations defamatory, mala fide: Akbar


This World Press Freedom Day (May 3), educate yourselves on two buzzwords key to those who present news to you: censorship and freedom of expression; Trace the rise of television journalism and what it is now, in the words of a veteran journalist; And finally, learn why women must, and can, overcome people-pleasing.


Of press freedom and confident women (IANS Books This Weekend)


An India-based photojournalist working for news agency Reuters, who was in Sri Lanka to cover to the Easter Sunday suicide bombings, has been arrested by the police for allegedly attempting to forcibly enter a school.

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