Citizens for Justice and Peace
Another Victory for CJP! NBSA rules in CJP’s favour in complaint against Aaj Tak The channel was reprimanded and warned, asked to remove content within 7 days
22-Jan-2020
This has come as another victory for CJP in bringing the perpetrators of hate speech to book. The NBSA acted on CJP’s complaint against hateful content of Aaj Tak in connection with news coverage of the Ayodhya verdict and asked the channel to take down the debate episode in question from its social media platforms.…
Hate Watch: CJP’s complaint against Aaj Tak continues CJP responds to NBSA over reply from TV Today
29-Nov-2019
CJP has furthered our original complaint on the inflammatory telecast to the NBSA.. We had first sent a complaint to TV Today (October 17, 2019) but the same failed to elicit a response. After which we proceeded to file complaint with the NBSA. Thereafter, a response from the broadcaster did not, in our view, answer…
CJP keeps the #JungJaari against hate Hate Hatao App to combat hate
27-Nov-2019
CJP is keeping the #JungJaari against hate by building it’s own Hate Hatao App. Follow us on https://cjp.org.in/ to be updated about the App. Related articles: In Burdwan, Dilip Ghosh Makes Bizarre Remarks; Talks About ‘Golden Milk’, Asks Beef Eaters to Have Dog Meat West Bengal government lodges hate speech case against Dilip Ghosh If…
In bizarre comment, BJP leader, Dilip Ghosh, asks beef eaters to eat dog meat He is known for his inciting speeches and has also threatened West Bengal police in the past
11-Nov-2019
Dilip Ghosh, BJP President in West Bengal, known for making threatening remarks in the past, and a repeat offender when it comes to making inciting statements, now makes controversial comments asking beef eaters to eat dog meat and venerates “desi cow” milk calling it golden milk. In line with his own track record over the…
Decoding Hate: The Hindu Alt-Right Demands To Rule Over Twitter How hate-mongering is spread by the mere number of right-wing trolls
08-Nov-2019
It began with this tweet. https://twitter.com/updeshrana100/status/1191588387142029314 (At the time of publishing, this account has ceased to exist.) CJP is dedicated to finding and bringing to light instances of Hate Speech, so that the bigots propagating these venomous ideas can be unmasked and brought to justice. To learn more about our campaign again hate speech, please…
Won’t let hatemongers go: Aaj Tak to be pulled up for stoking communal hatred CJP seeks punitive action from NBSA
31-Oct-2019
The complaint sent to Aaj Tak against the inflammatory content aired by them and their provocative Twitter post failed to elicit a response. Hence, in pursuance to our campaign against hateful content, we have filed a complaint before the NBSA seeking punitive action. On October 16, the NBSA (News Broadcasting Standards Authority) issued a special…
AAJ Tak airs inflammatory debate, posts hateful content on Twitter Acts despite NBSA advisory, CJP sends written complaint to the broadcaster
18-Oct-2019
While covering the Ayodhya dispute case, Aaj Tak resorted to certain practices which were violative of the guidelines issued by the News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA). The channel not only aired a debate where participants were allowed to make hateful statements against the minority community, it also made a post on twitter about another show…
BJP Mumbai Chief spews venom against minorities in election speech CJP moves Election Commission
18-Oct-2019
In a flagrant violation of the Rule 3 of the Model Code of Conduct set by the Election Commission for Political Parties and Candidates, BJP Mumbai Chief Mangal Pratap Lodha delivered a communally charged speech at a rally in Mumbadevi on Wednesday. While the EC took cognizance of the matter suo motu keeping the repercussions…
Hate Watch: Aaj Tak’s tweet on Ayodhya openly spreads communal hate NBSA issues advisory
17-Oct-2019
Hate politics appears to have found a fertile playground within the news media, especially television. Of late, when dealing with religious and sensitive content, a shrill rhetoric that pits one community against another, is insidiously put in motion. It is in this context that we discuss today programming by Aaj Tak on October 16, 2019,…
India among nations manipulating Social Media: Oxford Study Used to manufacture consensus, automate suppression, and undermine trust in liberal values
28-Sep-2019
A study by researchers at Oxford University has found that India is among the nations involved in organised social media manipulation, and such disinformation campaigns can be attributed to politicians and political parties. The researchers monitored social media platforms for three years to take note of organised manipulation by government agencies or political parties, and…