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AA Edit | Court Can’t Let Govt Hold Sway over Social Media

Handing over the job of controlling the social media to the government could end up in a repeat of the proverbial fence...

27 Aug 2025 7:09 AM IST

Mediapersons are particularly concerned about a provision in the law under which journalists can be convicted of espionage for entering a government office and gathering information secretly using electronic device -- an offence that would carry a 14-year jail sentence. (Photo: AP)

World

Bangladesh newspaper editors protest 'anti-press' digital security law

President Abdul Hamid had approved the Digital Security Act on October 8 amidst widespread protests by journalists and...

16 Oct 2018 1:53 PM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: Asian Age)

Opinion

Filmmakers' issues: Free speech vs right to trade

It is for the courts to decide in every case whether a restriction is reasonable or not or whether it is within the...

20 Feb 2018 2:54 AM IST

India

Supreme Court to examine if free speech can be curtailed

Freedom of speech is not absolute, says A-G Venugopal.

24 Oct 2019 1:47 AM IST

French soldiers and Municipal Police officers stand behind a cordon-off area near the Orthodox Church where an attacker armed with a sawn-off shotgun wounded an Orthodox priest in a shooting before fleeing, on October 31, 2020 in Lyon, said a police source. - The priest, who has Greek nationality, was closing his church when the attack happened and is now in a serious condition, said the source, who asked not to be named. (AFP)

Opinion

Pavan K Varma | India must set example of pluralism, tolerance

India's civilisational history presents the best example of a plural society.

1 Nov 2020 4:27 PM IST

This brings in the proportionality analysis, which the court interprets to include the requirement of allowing only the least restrictive measure.

India

Free speech & right to trade over Internet protected by Art. 19(1)

The orders passed by the state (except for a certain sample order) were not even placed on record.

29 Jan 2020 2:22 AM IST

World

Trump signs order seeking to strip social media freedom

The move comes a day after Twitter labelled two of his tweets with fact-check notices, calling them misleading

29 May 2020 8:39 AM IST

$In this image taken from video, Pavin Chachavalpongpun, administrator of Facebook page \Royalist Marketplace\ group which has been recently blocked by Facebook in Thailand, is shown delivering a pre-recorded message onscreen before a crowd attending an anti-government rally on Aug. 10, 2020, at Thammasat University in Pathum Thani, Thailand. The group engages in open discussion about the Thai monarchy, an institution that is staunchly protected from criticism by strict laws. (Photo | AP)$ Technology