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The Supreme Court early this month issued a notice to the Centre on the use of Section 66A of the IT Act and said that it was shocking that the judgment striking down the law has not been implemented even now. (AA file photo)

MHA asks states to order cops not to register cases under scrapped...

Recently, the SC had said that it was shocking that the judgment striking down the law has not been implemented even now

14 July 2021 11:57 PM IST

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