Overview
- Speaking at the Indian Women’s Press Corps’ 31st anniversary in New Delhi, he called on media organisations and regulators to adopt concrete safety protocols to protect women reporters from online harassment.
- He detailed tactics used against women journalists, including misuse of private data, fabricated content, manipulated images, and relentless trolling that inflicts lasting reputational harm.
- He pressed for industry-wide regulations, clear newsroom policies, greater representation of women at every decision-making level, and collective media solidarity to defend targeted journalists.
- While noting AI’s utility for research, fact-checking and data analysis, he warned that unregulated tools are fueling false narratives and persistent manipulation that chills reporting.
- He saluted barrier-breaking achievements such as the women’s cricket World Cup victory and issued these recommendations as he prepares to assume the Chief Justice’s office on November 24.