India’s censorship crackdown threatens independent media and online critics
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- Category: Asia
- Language: EN
- Published: 2026-05-02 01:21 UTC
- Sources: The Hindu
An emerging infrastructure of censorship is allowing central and state governments to remove social‑media content under existing laws. Independent outlets and critics now face heightened risk, with misinformation and deep‑fakes amplifying attacks on dissenting voices, according to a report in The Hindu.
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