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Podcast: Reporters Without Orders
Episode: Reporters Without Orders Ep 157: Hindu IT Cell and Hathras murder case
Description: In this episode, host Akanksha Kumar is joined by freelance journalist Srishti Jaswal and Newslaundry’s Nidhi Suresh.The conversation starts with a report by Srishti and Shreegireesh Jalihal on a Hindu vigilante group, which calls itself the “Hindu IT Cell”, and its network of cyber volunteers. Srishti was targeted by the group last July over a tweet, and she explains how it operates. “This targeting in turn activates and hosts a very toxic wave of trolling,” she says.The panel then talks about the death of Ambreesh Sharma in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras. Amb...