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Media monitoring initiative not an attack on press freedom: Maharashtra govt

The Statesman Kolkata

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March 10, 2025

The Maharashtra government on Sunday categorically rejected the Mumbai Press Club's characterisation of its media monitoring initiative as a "regime of surveillance" or an attack on press freedom.

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Media monitoring initiative not an attack on press freedom: Maharashtra govt

The government in its response to the Mumbai Press Club's statement has clarified that this initiative is neither about monitoring journalists nor suppressing criticism, but about systematically identifying and correcting misinformation that undermines public understanding.

The government said that the media monitoring centre would analyse news content, not journalists. Its purpose is to identify factual inaccuracies about government activities, not to monitor personal communications or target media houses.

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