{"id":4544,"date":"2019-02-22T14:53:23","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T09:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/?p=4544"},"modified":"2021-01-05T03:12:40","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T21:42:40","slug":"editors-guild-seeks-police-action-for-journalists-abuse-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/editors-guild-seeks-police-action-for-journalists-abuse-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Editors Guild seeks police action for journalists\u2019 abuse on social media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Editors Guild of India on Friday <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndEditorsGuild\/status\/1098836638472429568\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">issued a statement<\/span> <\/a>to bring in more accountability of social media platforms in the context of online abuse of journalists in the run up to the Lok Sabha elections. The guild strongly condemned the \u201crecent tirade of abuse and intimidation against journalists, especially women in the wake of their reportage and commentary\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBusiness models thriving on hate of any kind are reprehensible,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>The guild urged the government to take appropriate action \u2013 especially the police cyber crime cells to prioritise addressing such complaints and taking action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of what is being allowed to pass clearly amounts to sexual abuse or instigation to violence,\u201d the Editors Guild said. \u201cCorporations owning these platforms need reminding themselves that they must not allow unlawful behaviour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4547\" src=\"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/ed-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"519\" height=\"689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/ed-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/ed.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The guild also said that laws against sexual harassment, intimidation and incitement to violence should be enforced against those who use social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Editors Guild of India on Friday issued a statement to bring in more accountability of social media platforms in the context&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":279,"featured_media":4545,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_seo_keywords":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/279"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}