Take Steps To Prohibit Paid Political Content, Ads On Social Media: Bombay HC To EC
6 years, 2 months ago

Take Steps To Prohibit Paid Political Content, Ads On Social Media: Bombay HC To EC

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court Thursday said the Election Commission had a constitutional obligation to hold fair elections and hence should take steps to prohibit The Bombay High Court Thursday said the Election Commission had a constitutional obligation to hold fair elections and hence should take steps to prohibit A division bench of Chief Justice N H Patil and Justice N M Jamdar was hearing a petition filed by lawyer Sagar Suryavanshi, seeking directions to the Commission to prohibit all persons, whether politicians or private individuals, from posting Advocate Pradeep Rajgopal, appearing for the Commission, told the court that the poll panel has recommended amendment section 126 of the Representation of Peoples Act, which prohibits public meetings, processions, campaigns, etc 48 hours before polling. "Till the amendment is brought, what does the Election Commission propose to do about the issues raised in the petition? The commission should have some answers," Chief Justice Patil said. In order to conduct and hold fair elections the commission can issue orders.

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Elon Musk's X Takes Indian Government To Court Over Content Blocking: What We Know So Far
6 days, 20 hours ago

Elon Musk's X Takes Indian Government To Court Over Content Blocking: What We Know So Far

ABP News  

Elon Musk-owned social media platform X has filed a lawsuit against the Centre, alleging misuse of the Information Technology Act to censor content. Section 69A of the IT Act provides a structured legal process, allowing the Government to mandate content removal on grounds of national security, sovereignty, or public order. Companies like X contend that content takedown should be based …

Parliamentary proceedings: Need for strengthening laws governing social media and OTT platforms: Ashwini Vaishnaw
4 months ago

Parliamentary proceedings: Need for strengthening laws governing social media and OTT platforms: Ashwini Vaishnaw

The Hindu  

Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday emphasised the need to strengthen existing laws governing social media and OTT platforms and build a societal consensus on the issue. He said that due to the absence of such editorial oversight, social media had become a platform for freedom of the press, but it has also become a space …

What it means for the election that the government can talk to tech companies
9 months, 1 week ago

What it means for the election that the government can talk to tech companies

NPR  

What it means for the election that the government can talk to tech companies toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images The Supreme Court's ruling on Wednesday that the government can communicate with social media companies about controversial content sidestepped deciding when such communications can violate the First Amendment. Wednesday's ruling in Murthy v. Missouri found the plaintiffs didn't show …

Poll body plans to revamp policy holding parties accountable for social media posts
1 year, 3 months ago

Poll body plans to revamp policy holding parties accountable for social media posts

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi During this election season, the Election Commission of India sent a handful of notices to parties such as the Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party for posts on social media that violated the model code of conduct. HT has learnt that the reason those notices weren’t acted upon is that ECI concluded there was a lacuna …

Do the amended IT Rules only apply to social media and not print, asks Bombay HC
1 year, 8 months ago

Do the amended IT Rules only apply to social media and not print, asks Bombay HC

The Hindu  

The Bombay High Court on Thursday while hearing arguments on pleas challenging the constitutional validity of amended IT Rules asked whether the Rules only apply to social media intermediaries and not to print media even if the same content is available on both the platforms. A Division Bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Neela Gokhale was hearing a bunch of …

Portal opened for complaints against decisions of social media platforms
2 years ago

Portal opened for complaints against decisions of social media platforms

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on February 28 launched the Grievance Appellate Committee portal under the IT Rules, 2021, allowing people who are dissatisfied with complaints to social media companies on content takedown requests, to be heard by one of three Committees constituted by the government. The Information Technology Rules, 2021 were amended last year to require social …

New IT rules to put more obligations on social media platforms to act against unlawful content, misinformation: Rajeev Chandrasekhar
2 years, 4 months ago

New IT rules to put more obligations on social media platforms to act against unlawful content, misinformation: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

The Hindu  

IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on October 29 said the latest amendment of IT rules will put more definite due diligence obligations on social media companies to make efforts that no unlawful content or misinformation is posted on their platforms. The government on October 28 notified rules under which it will set up appellate panels to redress grievances that users may …

New Delhi gives itself power over social media content moderation
2 years, 4 months ago

New Delhi gives itself power over social media content moderation

Al Jazeera  

The Indian government has announced changes to its information technology rules that will apply to social media companies, a move likely to be seen as reining in big tech firms. Under the amended rules, which were announced on Friday, a government panel will be formed to hear complaints from users about content moderation decisions by social media platforms. This effectively …

Control and delete: The Hindu Editorial on government appellate panels for social media
2 years, 9 months ago

Control and delete: The Hindu Editorial on government appellate panels for social media

The Hindu  

The Government’s plan to set up a panel that can overturn content moderation decisions made by social media platforms is problematic in many ways. The trigger for these Government-appointed committees to come to life will be, say, an appeal by a social media user who feels aggrieved by an order of the platform’s grievance officer. But this is exactly what …

India is considering a panel to rule on social media takedowns
2 years, 9 months ago

India is considering a panel to rule on social media takedowns

Al Jazeera  

Digital rights activists warn the move will increase direct gov’t control over social media platforms in India. Apar Gupta, executive director of the Internet Freedom Foundation, a nonprofit that advocates for digital rights, tweeted that should the move go through, it will “increase” direct government control over social media platforms. Rather than curing defects highlighted by Courts, they increase direct …

Big Tech Is Bending to the Indian Government’s Will
3 years, 7 months ago

Big Tech Is Bending to the Indian Government’s Will

Wired  

As Indian democracy crumbles day upon day under the grasp of Narendra Modi, social media platforms have functioned in lieu of a free press. As Reporters Without Borders recently noted, journalists in India “risk dismissal if they criticize the government.” Since Modi took control in 2014, India’s ranking on the World Press Freedom Index has fallen every year, plateauing at …

Election & Voting Processes Stand Threatened By Social Media Manipulation, Says Supreme Court
3 years, 8 months ago

Election & Voting Processes Stand Threatened By Social Media Manipulation, Says Supreme Court

Live Law  

Election and voting processes stand threatened by social media manipulation, the Supreme Court remarked in the judgment delivered on Thursday in Facebook vs. Delhi Assembly case.Entities like Facebook have to remain accountable to those who entrust them with such power. Election and voting processes stand threatened by social media manipulation, the Supreme Court remarked in the judgment delivered on Thursday …

'Misplaced, exaggerated and disingenuous': India's response to UNHRC's criticism of new IT rules
3 years, 9 months ago

'Misplaced, exaggerated and disingenuous': India's response to UNHRC's criticism of new IT rules

Firstpost  

Stating that new IT rules are ‘designed to empower ordinary users of social media’, India on Sunday dismissed criticism by three UN special rapporteurs and said that the country’s democratic credentials are well recognised New Delhi: India has dismissed criticism of its new IT rules relating to social media by three UN special rapporteurs on rights issues, saying the country’s …

"Open To Petitioner To Live In The Stone Age, Courts Can't Impose Sanctions On How Media/Social Media Operates": Madras HC
4 years ago

"Open To Petitioner To Live In The Stone Age, Courts Can't Impose Sanctions On How Media/Social Media Operates": Madras HC

Live Law  

The Madras High Court recently dismissed a plea seeking directions to the respondents to take necessary steps to control, monitor, guide, and to form a panel of censor members of the social platforms. The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice R. Hemalatha was hearing the plea wherein one S. Umamaheswaran who prayed before the Court to exercise its …

Big brother is watching you
4 years ago

Big brother is watching you

The Hindu  

The new governmental guidelines to regulate digital content raise a fundamental legal and ethical question: are they contra constitutional? The tricky new rule states that big social media companies will have to take down unlawful content within a specific time frame of being served either a court order or notice by an appropriate government agency. Two, there is a contradiction …

India’s top court tackles social media in free speech case
4 years, 1 month ago

India’s top court tackles social media in free speech case

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — India’s top court on Friday asked for the government and Twitter’s response to a petition seeking greater regulation of content on social media platforms amid a debate over free speech. The case comes during a growing standoff between Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government and Twitter, after the company refused to fully comply with orders to …

Supreme Court Issues Notice To Twitter On BJP Leader's Plea For Mechanism To Screen Anti-India Tweets, Hateful Ads
4 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court Issues Notice To Twitter On BJP Leader's Plea For Mechanism To Screen Anti-India Tweets, Hateful Ads

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation petition filed by BJP leader Vinit Goenka seeking a direction to the Central Government to devise a mechanism to check fake news and instigative messages being circulated via social media, especially Twitter.Advocate Ashwini Kumar Dubey, appearing for the petitioner, submitted that petition seeks a mechanism to. The Supreme …

Plea Seeking Action Against Twitter For Allegedly Hosting Anti-India Content, Delhi HC Asks Petitioner To First Move A Representation Before Centre
4 years, 5 months ago

Plea Seeking Action Against Twitter For Allegedly Hosting Anti-India Content, Delhi HC Asks Petitioner To First Move A Representation Before Centre

Live Law  

Delhi High Court has allowed the Petitioner to move a representation before the concerned authorities in a plea seeking regulation of anti-India content on social media. The order has come in a plea moved by Sangeeta Sharma, seeking a direction to be issued to the Ministry of Home Affairs to regulate the proliferation of anti-India content on social media. While …

BJP MP Tejasvi Surya Seeks New Guidelines for Social Media Platforms to 'Protect Free Speech'
4 years, 6 months ago

BJP MP Tejasvi Surya Seeks New Guidelines for Social Media Platforms to 'Protect Free Speech'

News 18  

BJP MP Tejasvi Surya said in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday that unconstitutional guidelines should be repealed and new ones to govern social media platforms be issued, thereby protecting the fundamental right to free speech of citizens and protecting “our democracy from foreign interference”. Amid a raging debate on how social media platforms are working in a biased manner and …

It’s time for India to regulate the internet’s social media platforms
4 years, 6 months ago

It’s time for India to regulate the internet’s social media platforms

Live Mint  

This has become a pattern now. Allegations fly fast and furious, not made easier by the often hard-to-fathom behaviour of social media platforms themselves, ranging from a top executive holding an objectionable poster of “Brahminical patriarchy” or hiring known political party baiters for positions of responsibility. Social media platforms describe themselves in many ways—as technological innovators or platforms—depending on which …

Countering Fake News- A Critical Appraisal Of Social Media Regulatory Laws
4 years, 9 months ago

Countering Fake News- A Critical Appraisal Of Social Media Regulatory Laws

Live Law  

Fake news is essentially information created from nothing with the aim to push a particular agenda; a practice which in today's world is at the dearth of most social issues. Social media, in an attempt to democratize the information generation and transmission sphere, has invariably made it easier to spread unverified and argumentative pieces; situating a new sphere for dubious …

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Mechanism To Check Fake News & Instigative Content On Twitter [Read Petition]
4 years, 10 months ago

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Mechanism To Check Fake News & Instigative Content On Twitter [Read Petition]

Live Law  

BJP leader Vinit Goenka has moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Central Government to devise a mechanism so as to keep a check on fake news and instigative messages being circulated via social media, especially Twitter. The petition filed through Advocate Ashwani Kumar Dubey states that in the absence of a proper mechanism, social media platforms are …

New laws needed to make targeted online election ads fair, Electoral Commission says
4 years, 11 months ago

New laws needed to make targeted online election ads fair, Electoral Commission says

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy New laws are needed to make Britain's election rules fit for …

On TV, political ads are regulated — but online, anything goes
5 years, 4 months ago

On TV, political ads are regulated — but online, anything goes

Salon  

With the 2020 election just a year away, Facebook is under fire from presidential candidates, lawmakers, civil rights groups and even its own employees to provide more transparency on political ads and potentially stop running them altogether. They created 20- to 30-second slots to run during prime-time, called “Eisenhower Answers America.” These ads helped usher in how political campaigns would …

Debating political ads on social media is Facebook, Twitter's way to derail issue; what's needed is legislation, not bans
5 years, 4 months ago

Debating political ads on social media is Facebook, Twitter's way to derail issue; what's needed is legislation, not bans

Firstpost  

A mass exodus from Twitter over to open-source microblogging community Mastodon is in the news, and it’s not the first time that users have responded to social media’s opaque content moderation policies in this way. According to one study, 60 percent of 1,006 habitual internet users agreed that Twitter nurtured a toxic audience and 71 percent said Facebook was the …

General election: Reveal your social media campaigns, parties told
5 years, 4 months ago

General election: Reveal your social media campaigns, parties told

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Political parties have been challenged to commit to openness in social …

Stricter social media regulations in India to be finalised in three months: MeitY
5 years, 5 months ago

Stricter social media regulations in India to be finalised in three months: MeitY

Firstpost  

The internet has emerged as a potent tool to cause “unimaginable disruption” to democratic polity, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Monday while seeking three more months for finalising and notifying the rules that would regulate the functioning of social media intermediaries in the country. ‘Disruption to democratic polity’ The affidavit filed by Pankaj Kumar, Additional Secretary, MeitY, said, …

Curb social media misuse: Supreme Court
5 years, 6 months ago

Curb social media misuse: Supreme Court

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to state in three we-eks the time it needed to put in place rules to regulate and make accountable social media platform, so as to address state security concerns, individuals’ reputations and other misuse. Seeking a response from the information technology ministry on the time-frame for the rules that would …

‘Strike a balance’: Supreme Court’s advice to Centre on framing social media rules
5 years, 6 months ago

‘Strike a balance’: Supreme Court’s advice to Centre on framing social media rules

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court has given the Union government three weeks to submit details of its progress in coming up with regulations to prevent misuse of social media, while protecting the privacy of individuals. Supreme Court has given the Centre three weeks to file an affidavit on regulating fake news and messages on social media platforms such as Facebook and WhatsApp …

Fighting fake news: can social media be kept on a leash?
5 years, 11 months ago

Fighting fake news: can social media be kept on a leash?

The Hindu  

Facebook recently said in a statement that the company had spent more than 18 months assessing “risk” across its platforms to help ensure that the Lok Sabha election was free from interference, both foreign and domestic. While Facebook’s statement on what it has done ahead of the polls could be viewed as a suo motu initiative, the larger question of …

EC bans political advertisements on April 10, 11
5 years, 11 months ago

EC bans political advertisements on April 10, 11

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Election Commission of India on Sunday directed all political parties not to publish any last-minute Following the directions of ECI, the Telangana State Election Commission has asked all political parties and other organisations to desist from publishing any Chief Electoral Officer Rajat Kumar said there were instances when political parties gave He said that in order prevent such …

Political Ads On Social Media: Why The Hesitation And Reluctance? Bombay HC Questions ECI Ahead Of Elections
5 years, 11 months ago

Political Ads On Social Media: Why The Hesitation And Reluctance? Bombay HC Questions ECI Ahead Of Elections

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday questioned the Election Commission of India as to why no decision had been taken on regulating political ads on social media, especially 48 hours before polling day. Chief Justice NH Patil and Justice NM Jamdar were hearing a PIL filed by advocate Sagar Suryawanshi seeking directions to the Election Commission of India to prohibit …

Elections 2019: Facebook, Twitter, TikTok plan code to prevent their misuse
6 years ago

Elections 2019: Facebook, Twitter, TikTok plan code to prevent their misuse

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Social media intermediaries and the internet and mobile association Tuesday told the Election Commission that they would come up with a draft 'code of ethics' for the industry in the next 24 hours as part of a mechanism to prevent abuse of social media platforms during the Lok Sabha elections beginning April 11. Representatives of Internet and Mobile …

Will draft code of ethics within 24 hours to avoid misuse during LS polls, social media platforms tell EC
6 years ago

Will draft code of ethics within 24 hours to avoid misuse during LS polls, social media platforms tell EC

Firstpost  

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora met with heads and representatives of various social media platforms ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha election New Delhi: Social media intermediaries and the internet and mobile association Tuesday told the Election Commission that they would come up with a draft ‘code of ethics’ for the industry in the next 24 hours as part of …

No Political Ads Without Pre-Certification, Code Of Conduct Being Evolved In Consultation With IAMAI And Social Networking Sites: ECI Tells Bombay HC
6 years ago

No Political Ads Without Pre-Certification, Code Of Conduct Being Evolved In Consultation With IAMAI And Social Networking Sites: ECI Tells Bombay HC

Live Law  

EC's counsel Pradeep Rajagopal submitted the affidavit before the bench of Chief justice NH Patil and Justice NM Jamdar. The EC's affidavit, available with LiveLaw, states that directions sought in the petition are not required as the Election Commission is already taking steps and holding consultations to evolve the regulation of political ads on social media. "Currently this process of …

India will not be cowed in internet consultations: Ravi Shankar Prasad
6 years, 1 month ago

India will not be cowed in internet consultations: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Live Mint  

Mumbai: India will hold wide consultations with internet companies before finalising rules to regulate content on social media but will not hold back from framing laws that safeguard national interest, the country’s technology minister said. India, one of the world’s biggest internet markets, in late December proposed rules that will compel platforms such as Facebook, its WhatsApp messenger service and …

Major internet lobby group criticises govt plans to regulate social media content
6 years, 1 month ago

Major internet lobby group criticises govt plans to regulate social media content

Firstpost  

The proposal compels Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter to remove content deemed unlawful within 24 hrs. An Asian internet lobby group, whose members include Alphabet’s Google and Facebook, on Thursday criticized India’s plans to regulate social media content. The proposal drafted by India’s technology ministry in December would compel Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter to remove within 24 hours content deemed to …

Sponsored Ads: Submit Suggestions On Regulating Paid Content On Social Media: Bombay HC Tells EC, Petitioners
6 years, 2 months ago

Sponsored Ads: Submit Suggestions On Regulating Paid Content On Social Media: Bombay HC Tells EC, Petitioners

Live Law  

While hearing a petition filed by lawyer Sagar Suryawanshi on Friday, the Bombay High Court asked the Election Commission and the petitioner to submit suggestions on regulating paid content on social media 48 hours before polling day.The PIL seeks directions to the Election Commission of India to prohibit all persons, politicians from posting While hearing a petition filed by lawyer …

Facebook begins verification for India political ads
6 years, 3 months ago

Facebook begins verification for India political ads

Live Mint  

New Delhi/Bengaluru: Indian advertisers wanting to run political ads on Facebook will have to confirm their identity and location to help prevent abuse of the system in the build-up to national elections, the company said on Thursday. Facebook Inc — under increasing scrutiny following the Cambridge Analytica scandal — said it would start verifying ads from Thursday and, from next …

Facebook starts verifying identity, location for paid political ads in UK
6 years, 3 months ago

Facebook starts verifying identity, location for paid political ads in UK

Firstpost  

Facebook said it would, however, exempt select UK news organizations from housing their content. UK advertisers seeking to run political ads on Facebook Inc must now confirm their identity, location and reveal who paid for the ad, the social network said on Thursday as it faces increasing scrutiny following the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The social media company said it would, …

Facebook to establish a task force in India to prevent 'election-related abuse'
6 years, 5 months ago

Facebook to establish a task force in India to prevent 'election-related abuse'

Firstpost  

In April, Zuckerberg said Facebook will ensure that its platform is not misused to influence elections. Facing the uphill task of tackling election-related interference on its platform as India gets ready for polls next year, Facebook on 6 October said it is establishing a task force comprising “hundreds of people” in the country to prevent bad actors from abusing its …

Social media will never be allowed to abuse India's election process: R S Prasad
6 years, 7 months ago

Social media will never be allowed to abuse India's election process: R S Prasad

Firstpost  

At G-20 Prasad also noted that India had taken serious note data misuse by social media platforms. Social media platforms will never be allowed to abuse India’s election process and stringent measures backed by laws on data protection and individual privacy have been put in place, Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said. Addressing the plenary of the G-20 …

SC pulls up social media sites for promoting material leading to lynching, violence
6 years, 7 months ago

SC pulls up social media sites for promoting material leading to lynching, violence

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday expressed serious concern for social media search engines like Facebook, WhatsApp and Yahoo for their irresponsible behaviour in promoting objectionable materials leading to lynching of people by violent mobs. A Bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta hearing a PIL filed by NGO Prajwala, warned these search engines of imposing an …

Three Member Committee to deliberate on alleged misuse of public funds for Advertisement by Delhi Govt: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]
8 years, 7 months ago

Three Member Committee to deliberate on alleged misuse of public funds for Advertisement by Delhi Govt: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

Giving momentum to the issue of alleged misuse of public funds in Giving momentum to the issue of alleged misuse of public funds in Petitions were filed against Government of NCT of Delhi’s alleged diversion of public funds towards broadcast of self aggrandizing “The complaint dated 10.05.2016 of the petitioner shall be considered and decided by the three-member Committee constituted …

Three Member Committee to deliberate on alleged misuse of public funds for Advertisement by Delhi Govt: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]
8 years, 7 months ago

Three Member Committee to deliberate on alleged misuse of public funds for Advertisement by Delhi Govt: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

Giving momentum to the issue of alleged misuse of public funds in Giving momentum to the issue of alleged misuse of public funds in Petitions were filed against Government of NCT of Delhi’s alleged diversion of public funds towards broadcast of self aggrandizing “The complaint dated 10.05.2016 of the petitioner shall be considered and decided by the three-member Committee constituted …

No ban on media, but social media needs regulations, says Arun Jaitley: How will the govt strike that balance?
9 years, 4 months ago

No ban on media, but social media needs regulations, says Arun Jaitley: How will the govt strike that balance?

Firstpost  

Delivering the Sardar Patel lecture organised by All India Radio in New Delhi, Arun Jaitley, noted that while the right to freedom of expression has expanded in India through successive judicial verdicts and technological advances, its misuse continues to happen. Delivering the Sardar Patel lecture organised by All India Radio in New Delhi, Information and Broadcasting Minister,Arun Jaitley, who also …

‘Why cannot you have special agreements with Social Media Companies?’ Delhi HC asks Centre
10 years, 3 months ago

‘Why cannot you have special agreements with Social Media Companies?’ Delhi HC asks Centre

Live Law  

In a public interest litigation filed by K N Govindacharya before the Delhi High Court, Additional Solicitor General Sanjay Jain, appearing for the Centre,filed advisory on usages of Email, thereby accepting the prayer made the petitioner. As the advisory has been issued, government officials using email id of private email networks may have to face jail as per the provisions …

SC to frame guidelines to regulate govt advertisements
10 years, 11 months ago

SC to frame guidelines to regulate govt advertisements

India TV News  

SC to frame guidelines to regulate govt New Delhi: The Supreme Court today decided to frame guidelines to prevent misuse of public funds by the government and its authorities in giving The apex court said there is a need to distinguish between the advertisements that are part of government messaging and daily business and advertisements that are politically motivated.“In these …

SC forms panel for guidelines on govt ads showing politicians
10 years, 11 months ago

SC forms panel for guidelines on govt ads showing politicians

India TV News  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today decided to frame guidelines to prevent misuse of public funds by the government and its authorities in giving The apex court said there is a need to distinguish between the advertisements that are part of government messaging and daily business and advertisements that are politically motivated.“In these circumstances, conceding that the existing DAVP policy/guidelines …

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