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Bharat Bhushan | SC Hate Speech Ruling Casts Long Shadow On Minorities

Bharat Bhushan | SC Hate Speech Ruling Casts Long Shadow On Minorities

The judgment will go down in history because the Supreme Court refused to apply the law against a Union minister who led...

3 May 2026 11:01 PM IST

AA Edit | Govt, Legislatures Must Act Against Hate Speech

AA Edit | Govt, Legislatures Must Act Against Hate Speech

While declining to introduce new mechanisms to deal with cases of hate speech, the court left it to the wisdom of the...

1 May 2026 12:10 AM IST

AA Edit | Politicians Must Mind Their Language & Behaviour

AA Edit | Politicians Must Mind Their Language & Behaviour

That politicians may feel so emboldened because they are members of the ruling party or combine is clear. The question...

10 July 2025 11:35 PM IST

AA Edit | Diverse India must shun hate speech

AA Edit | Diverse India must shun hate speech

Freedom of speech and expression is one of the foundation stones on which the edifice of democracy has been...

8 Oct 2024 12:10 AM IST

Islamic Preacher Zakir Naik. (Photo: Facebook)

NIA files chargesheet against Islamic preacher Zakir Naik

Naik has been booked under charges of inciting youths to take up terror activities and hate speech.

26 Oct 2017 4:06 PM IST

BJP leader Subramanian Swamy. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Supreme Court to examine IPC provisions on hate speech

Swami said for making this speech FIR had been filed against him and the court had issued summons for his appearance.

7 Nov 2017 1:15 AM IST

The Human Rights Watch report said the Saudi state has permitted religious clerics to refer to minority Muslim Shiites in derogatory terms. (Photo: AFP)

Study finds Saudi government still tolerates hate speech

The Human Rights Watch report said the Saudi state has permitted religious clerics to refer to minority Muslim Shiites...

26 Sept 2017 3:33 PM IST

Facebook is global social media giant. (Photo: AFP)

Facebook to clamp down on hate speech and clickbaits

Facebook will launch new standards to provide guidance on which publishers are eligible to earn money on the platform...

13 Sept 2017 8:42 PM IST

Islamic Preacher Zakir Naik. (Photo: Facebook)

Won't return till I feel 'safe from unfair prosecution', says Zakir...

Controversial preacher Zakir Naik's statement came amid reports that he was being deported to India from Malaysia.

4 July 2018 3:09 PM IST

No wonder according to a recent report, most global internet users lack confidence in what they see and read online, with only 8 per cent believing that the bulk of information shared on social media is true, dropping to 4 per cent when it comes from influencers.

New rules to regulate social media will be finalised by Jan 15: Centre...

The court also transferred all cases related to linkage of social media profiles with Aadhaar pending in different high...

22 Oct 2019 1:16 PM IST

Teesta believes hate crimes initiate a domino effect that results into acts of violence. (Picture Credit: www.cjp.org.in)

An app to fight hate

HateHatao app lets users report instances of hate speech, threats and crimes along with the evidence in form of...

5 Feb 2019 12:11 AM IST

Damaged St Sebastians Church in Negombo after the Easter Sunday attack, north of Colombo. (Photo: AP)

Dissecting Sri Lankan government's social media ban

Sri Lanka has a complicated history with social media, providing context to the government's ban on it after the Easter...

25 April 2019 2:57 PM IST