Facebook Unfriends Australia over the Recent Proposed Bill
Facebook blocked its Australian Users from sharing or viewing news content on the platform. This move comes after the Australian ...
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Priya Ramani Case: Judgment Reassures and Consoles Victims of Sexual Harassment
The landmark and eloquent judgment that acquitted the senior journalist of charges of defamation filed by former Union minister MJ ...
Silencing Dissent: Misreading of Sedition Law Leads to Misuse to Shut Up Critics
Charging dissenters and those criticising a faulty government with sedition is an infringement of basic human rights. It’s increasing usage ...
Supreme Court asks Centre to file reply on steps being taken to regulate content on OTT platforms
Popular streaming platforms such as, Netflix and Amazon Prime who had so far enjoyed unbridled freedom in the country will ...
Charged with sedition for misleading FB post on Delhi police, accused freed on bail; sedition can’t be invoked to “quieten the disquiet”, says court
A Delhi court last week granted bail to an accused facing sedition charges for allegedly posting a fake video on ...
SC initiates suo motu contempt action against Rajdeep Sardesai for tweets; AG Venugopal had said matter not so serious
Several months after the Attorney General declined to consent to initiate criminal contempt action against senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai, the ...
Protests in designated places only; Can’t continue occupation of public place affecting rights of others; SC refuses to review its judgment in Shaheen Bagh case
The Supreme Court Tuesday rejected review petitions against its decision in the Shaheen Bagh case in which it had said ...
SC sends notice to Twitter, Centre on plea to regulate hate content
The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to the Central Government and Twitter on a plea filed BJP leader Vinit Goenka ...
IT Ministry expresses “dissatisfaction” with Twitter leadership, says Indian laws must be supremely followed
Highlighting the clause of reasonable restrictions to freedom of expression, the Central Government has asked Twitter for complete compliance with ...
After Washington Post Exposé India Needs to Amend Rules on Electronic Evidence
The Washington Post newspaper has published a report in which Arsenal Consulting, a digital forensics firm, exposes the “extremely dark” ...
YouTube takes down Songs of Protest as Government Strengthens Social Media Control
In another commentary on the deteriorating Freedom of Speech in the country, the Indian government moves video-sharing platform YouTube to ...
Munawar Faruqui walks free after SC grants bail to him
Comedian Munawar Faruqui was released from Indore Central Jail late evening on Saturday after the Supreme Court granted him ad-interim ...
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