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Thumbs-Up Emoji 👍: Its validity under Indian Laws and Canadian Law: An Analysis

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  Thumbs-Up Emoji  👍 : Its validity under Indian  Laws and Canadian Law: An  Analysis                                                        Parkova/Shutterstock.com Introduction In the modern digital world, communication has moved far beyond plain text. With the rapid growth of smartphones and social media platforms such as Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook, Snapchat, and others, digital communication has become an essential part of daily life. For our daily needs, we increasingly rely on digital modes to share information, ideas, and responses. The style of communication has changed distinctly. In addition to using sentences to express emotions, ideas, reactions, and intentions, people now commonly use emojis, stickers, and GIFs. These visual symbols have become an integral part of digital communicati...
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Media Trial: Headlines vs Justice in India

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By: Simra Jameel  [1/5 Pendekanti Law College]  Mir Suhail/X   Have the Newsrooms Become the New Courtrooms in India? The current newsrooms are simply competing to declare a person guilty or not before the judiciary. The actual facts of a case are frequently overshadowed by breaking news headlines, prime-time arguing debates, hashtags, and viral posts. Instead of informing us, the media sometimes builds its own false narrative. And when millions watch and believe it  the consequences become very real. So the big question is: “ Why is the media passing a verdict before the jury?” What is “ Trial by Media ”? The two pillars of democracy are the judiciary and the media. In courts, justice is founded on evidence and the rule of law. When the establishment is wrong, the media is used to bring the truth out and ask questions. However, in the instances where the media begins to become judge and jury, the distinction is petty  and justice becomes entertainment. Trial by...
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