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The resurgence of sedition as a tool to muzzle dissent is eerily reminiscent of darker chapters in history

As Nobel laureate Toni Morrison said: We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal

A Delhi court set aside an order asking journalists to remove articles critical of Adani Enterprises, ruling it unsustainable without hearing them. The court said such sweeping directions threatened free speech and directed a fresh hearing on AEL’s defamation plea

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot during a Utah Valley University event, triggering panic and nationwide shock. Known for his controversial views, Kirk’s death highlights rising political violence in the U.S. The shooter remains at large

BRS leader KT Rama Rao welcomed the Telangana High Court’s decision to quash three cases against party activist Shashidhar Goud, arrested for reposting BRS content online. The court criticised the police for their illegal actions and warned against stifling free speech.

John Milton’s ‘Areopagitica’, published 380 years ago, was one of the first defences of free speech and quest for truth — its arguments remain valid even today

In a landmark ruling, the US Supreme Court upheld Texas' age-verification law for porn sites, enabling States to more easily regulate kids' online access. The decision introduces a new legal standard and could reshape child privacy and content-access laws nationwide

Telegram CEO should not be seen as an accomplice to the crimes committed by the messaging app users

It is important to understand the virtual environment of a conflict and how it affects people to promote peace

US District Judge Tanya Chutkan also said that she plans to put serious limits on how sensitive evidence is handled in the Donald Trump 2020 election interference case

The lengthening shadow of the Modi regime over the media has meant shrinking of space for free speech

New Delhi: Delhi’s Patiala House Court on Friday while granting bail to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in a case related to an allegedly objectionable tweet, observed that “the voice of dissent is necessary for a healthy democracy. Therefore, merely for criticism of any political parties it is not justified to invoke section 153A and […]

San Francisco: Amid the ongoing Elon Musk-Parag Agrawal saga over fake user accounts, a senior Twitter executive, while slamming the ‘free speech’ call, mocked the Tesla CEO for having Asperger’s syndrome that makes him “special”. Conservative political journalist Benny Johnson on Wednesday posted a secretly recorded conversation by US-based far-right activist group Project Veritas on […]

It is time a national consensus was built in favour of scrapping the sedition law as it is anathema to democracy

The ministry also said that Twitter refuses to comply with those very regulations in the intermediary guidelines on the basis of which it is claiming a safe harbour protection from any criminal liability in India