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Karnataka’s Hate Speech Bill risks becoming a cure more dangerous than the disease

Five social media influencers, including Samay Raina, appeared before the Supreme Court over a plea accusing them of mocking people with disabilities. The court sought their replies in two weeks and stressed the need for enforceable social media guidelines

The Supreme Court will hear on July 14 the anticipatory bail plea of Indore cartoonist Hemant Malviya, accused of posting objectionable content about PM Modi, RSS, and Lord Shiva. The Madhya Pradesh High Court earlier denied him relief

The Bench’s observation came when it quashed a defamation case against Times of India’s editorial director and other journalists, who were accused of publishing alleged defamatory contents

Fadnavis says everyone has freedom of speech, but this freedom ends when we encroach upon others' freedom

Targeting speech through new laws and dragging dissenting voices to court have created a suffocative environment

"India has very strict social media laws", says Elon Musk on why Twitter posts related to BBC docu on PM Modi were taken down earlier this year

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

The petitioner had alleged that the updated privacy policy of WhatsApp would adversely impact the citizens' fundamental right to privacy.

The comedian said that he believes that there is growing culture in intolerance in this country, where taking offence is seen as a fundamental right.

A bench headed by Ashok Bhushan expressed its disinclination to pass any direction to stay the FIRs. The top court said the petitioners should go to the high courts to seek quashing of these cases.

Several suspected Islamist radicals have been arrested in dozens of raids since Paty's murder, and about 50 organisations with alleged links to such individuals have been earmarked for closure by the government.