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Author Salman Rushdie is tended to after he was attacked during a lecture. (Photo: AP)

AA Edit | It's free speech vs hate

The life of a hermit was forced upon him for at least 10 years after a fatwa was put out in 1989 by late Iranian leader...

15 Aug 2022 9:00 AM IST

Free speech law stops at the gates of private spaces. (Image: Freepik)

Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | Threats to free speech rise as global...

In India, we have been making cautious adjustments to our understanding of free speech by watching the goings-on all...

20 Dec 2023 12:03 AM IST

A woman runs across London Bridge, backdropped by Tower Bridge, as she exercises in central London. (AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Of free speech and the Left, of Asians in UK & cancel...

All The Spectator's writers, boobies and cry-babies, protest against the cancel culture which denies the likes of...

25 March 2023 12:14 AM IST

$J.K. Rowling poses for the media at the world premiere of the film \Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald\ in Paris. (AP File)$ Opinion

Kishwar Desai | Nigel Farage gets uncancelled'; no such hope for J.K....

If the cancel culture becomes a global movement then one wonders if, one day soon, her books can be even be published...

7 Aug 2023 12:00 AM IST

Archbishop of Goa and Daman Father Filipe Neri Ferrao had in a letter said the Constitution was in danger and most of the people were living in insecurity. (Photo: ANI)

Archbishop's letter 'political appeal', marks 'dangerous trend': BJP

The BJP leader wondered what would happen if heads of other religious followed the archbishop's example and started...

6 Jun 2018 9:31 AM IST

Controversy swirls around TikTok as political interests clash over free speech and foreign ownership. (AA File Image)

Farrukh Dhondy | Getting the news from TikTok and social media: Will...

TikTok Ban Controversy Sparks Debate Over Free Speech and Foreign Ownership

30 March 2024 12:03 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

External control of media not good for society: Narendra Modi

Prime Minister advises self-regulation by media, says the press must make appropriate changes with time.

16 Nov 2016 4:29 PM IST

social media satirists, activists and journalists have found themselves increasingly targeted under a controversial online defamation law. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

Myanmar mother sues son for calling her a 'prostitute'

Wana Oo was charged under a broadly-worded law that forbids defaming people on any network and can carry up to 3 years...

21 March 2017 5:09 PM IST

President Donald Trump is taking his message directly to his ardent supporters. (Photo: AP)

US federal judge denies Trump's free speech defense in protester case

Two women and a man say they were shoved and punched by audience members at Trump's command.

2 April 2017 8:08 AM IST

nion Finance Minister ,Arun Jaitley with Venkaiah Naidu. (Photo: PTI)

Ramjas row: Cong imposed Emergency, now preaching free speech,' BJP...

'No bigger example of free speech than calling your own PM donkey,' Venkaiah Naidu said.

27 Feb 2017 8:19 PM IST

Cyber Hack. (Representational Image/AP)

Facebook launches UK initiative to counter online extremist material

The new initiative will train non-governmental organizations to help them monitor and respond to extremist content.

23 Jun 2017 9:15 PM IST