NEW DELHI: Days after India blocked a BBC documentary that examines Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s role during 2002 anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat state and banned people from sharing it online, authorities w
that examines Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s role during 2002 anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat state and banned people from sharing it online, authorities were scrambling to halt screenings of the programme at colleges and restrict clips of it on social media.
According to The Guardian, emergency laws brought in by the Modi government just two years ago were used to enforce the ban. It has also drawn more attention to the documentary, sparking scores of social media users to share clips of the movie on WhatsApp, Telegram and Twitter.Press freedom in India has declined in recent years and the country fell eight places, to 150 out of 180 countries, in last year’s Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders.
However, the action taken over the BBC documentary is among the most high-profile use of the IT legislation and sheds light on the fragile and fractious place that social media companies such as Twitter now occupy in India. Many have cited Twitter and YouTube's compliance with the online censorship of the documentary as an example of how social media companies are helping to further erode freedom of speech in India, in order to appease the Modi government and not compromise access to the vast and increasingly digital-savvy Indian population.
The Editors Guild of India has urged the government to withdraw the proposal, saying such a change would be akin to censorship. Authorities said the screening would disturb the peace on campus, but students nonetheless watched the documentary on their laptops and mobile phones after sharing it on messaging services such as Telegram and WhatsApp.Authorities at the University of Hyderabad began a probe after a student group showed the banned documentary earlier this week.
It cites, for the first time, a secret British diplomatic investigation that concluded Modi was"directly responsible" for the"climate of impunity". The BBC in a statement said the documentary was"rigorously researched" and involved a wide range of voices and opinions.
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