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Raids on The Wire: Delhi police seized electronics, asked for passwords, refused to provide hash value

During a raid this evening on the home of the Wire founder-editor Siddharth Varadarajan, the Delhi police seized his laptop, two mobile phones and an iPad.

Newslaundry · Oct 31, 2022

Meta vs The Wire vs Devesh Kumar: The story so far

Over the weekend, the twists and turns in the Wire-Meta saga continued.

Newslaundry · Oct 31, 2022

FIR against Wire editors after Amit Malviya’s complaint over ‘cheating, forgery and defamation’

On the basis of a complaint by BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya, an FIR has now been filed in Delhi against the Wire and its senior editors over the controversial Meta reports. This comes two days after the BJP leader said he will file criminal charges against the news…

Newslaundry · Oct 29, 2022

Expert take: Why was the Wire compelled to pull down its Meta stories?

After insisting for over a week that its reporting supposedly exposing how Meta allowed BJP leaders to censor content on its platforms was solid, the Wire on Tuesday pulled down the work pending a “thorough internal review of all material and documents and sources”.

Newslaundry · Oct 20, 2022

Dollar vs rupee: Congress, BJP clash over Nirmala Sitharaman’s comment

NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharamans’s remarks about the rupee’s value vis-a-vis the dollar have sparked off a war of words between the BJP and the Congress. While the Congress has mocked and criticised the minister’s remarks, the BJP has countered it and defended their party leader.

The Times of India · Oct 17, 2022

Explained: What’s the Wire vs Meta fight all about?

This week, the Wire published a damning report about the content moderation policies of Meta, the social media behemoth that owns Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram. Meta, which has misled about how it functions and moderates content before, replied saying the news report was misleading at best and fabricated at worst.…

Newslaundry · Oct 13, 2022

Nehru’s role in Kashmir: BJP, Congress spar over Modi’s remarks

NEW DELHI: The BJP and the Congress have clashed head-on over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks on India’s first PM Jawaharlal Nehru’s role in Jammu and Kashmir. While the BJP has defended first home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the Congress has come to the rescue of Nehru.

The Times of India · Oct 12, 2022

Wire stands by its report on BJP ‘censor privileges’, Meta by its denials

Social media giant Meta has claimed that a report in the Wire – which suggested BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya was part of the firm’s controversial XCheck programme – was “inaccurate” and appeared to be based on “fabricated” documentation. However, the news portal reported that Meta’s claims were in…

Newslaundry · Oct 12, 2022

Delhi L-G orders probe in AAP's free power scheme; Kejriwal links it to Gujarat polls

Sisodia said the L-G has no power to issue orders on any matters concerning the Delhi Government except for land, police, and law and order

The Hindu · Oct 4, 2022

Pressure mounts on Mamata Banerjee to sack MoS education Paresh Adhikari in SSC scam

NEW DELHI: The main opposition in West Bengal, the BJP, has accused chief minister Mamata Banerjee of trying to deflect the people’s attention from the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment irregularities scam by announcing reorganisation of the state and reshuffle of portfolios of her council of ministers on August 3.

The Times of India · Aug 2, 2022