Aam Aadmi Party has found a new way to silence journalists. It uses intellectual property laws to take down their posts and Facebook pages critical of the state government. The party’s claim: they are not journalists because they don’t have journalism degrees.

Chandigarh and New Delhi: They gained millions of views on their news content on social media. Then the Aam Aadmi Party came for them.

Since October last year, the ruling party in Punjab has claimed copyright ownership of at least 48 videos and posts uploaded by journalists on Facebook that were critical of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government.