'Neutralise Critics, Colour-Code Journalists': What the Government Toolkit for Media Management Says
- 3 years ago
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In the middle of 2020, the Modi government set up a Group of Ministers to manage the image crisis the government was facing.
The full GoM report was leaked on the Internet recently and provides details about what the government would like to do.
From wanting to ‘neutralise’ people who write against the government to ‘tracking negative influencers’ and ‘colour coding journalists’, the report is brimming with insights into the processes that are already in motion to curb press freedom.
The Wire examines the report and analyses what it means for the future of press freedom in the country.
In the middle of 2020, the Modi government set up a Group of Ministers to manage the image crisis the government was facing.
The full GoM report was leaked on the Internet recently and provides details about what the government would like to do.
From wanting to ‘neutralise’ people who write against the government to ‘tracking negative influencers’ and ‘colour coding journalists’, the report is brimming with insights into the processes that are already in motion to curb press freedom.
The Wire examines the report and analyses what it means for the future of press freedom in the country.