Assam: JFA seeks media council to regulate digital entities

Journalists’ Forum Assam ( JFA ), while expressing serious concern over various negative developments over digital media entities functioning across the country, has called upon the Centre to empower the existing Press Council as Media Council of India (MCI).

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According to the police, Dipjyoti tried to mislead people with old news and cheat them, besides seeking to malign the government's image. Apprehended under cyber crime law as well as penal code laws dealing with cheating and fraud, Dipjyoti is still under judicial custody.
NortheastNow editor Anirban Roy has already clarified that the particular news item (uploaded on 15 July, 2019) was based on a press release issued by the State DIPR. He thereafter apprised the matter to State chief secretary Kumar Sanjay Krishna requesting to direct DIPR for issuing a clarification.

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