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"With Advent Of Troll Armies...": Chief Justice On Free Speech On Internet
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Friday raised concerns over overwhelming barrage of speech that distorts the truth with the advent of troll armies and organised disinformation campaigns across social media platforms.
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Elon Musk Meets Benjamin Netanyahu In Israel, Tours Kibbutz Attacked By Hamas
Notably, the tech entrepreneur has been accused by civil rights groups of amplifying anti-Jewish hatred on his X social media platform.
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Trump Says Prosecutors Seeking To Restrict His Free Speech Rights
Donald Trump pushed back on Monday against a bid by government lawyers to restrict what he can share publicly about his historic prosecution for allegedly conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
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"Students Free To Express Unpopular Views, But...": Delhi High Court On Jamia Violence Case
The student community is not a different group which enjoys any extra right regarding freedom of speech and expression and the law does not grant protection if the right to protest is demonstrated violently, the Delhi High Court said.
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BJP Governments Never Imposed Any Ban On Media Houses: Rajnath Singh
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said those alleging violation of press freedom forget that the governments of his party had "never imposed any ban" on any media organisation, "nor curtailed" anyone's right to free speech.
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Free Speech In Rajya Sabha Yes, But No Free-For-All: Deputy Chairman
The right to raise any issue in Rajya Sabha "is subject to the provisions of the Constitution", Deputy Chairman Harivansh said.
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Elon Musk Urged by UN to Ensure Human Rights Are Central to Management of Twitter
Elon Musk was urged by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk on Saturday, to "ensure human rights are central to the management of Twitter". The message from Türk was issued after reports that Musk had fired the entire team working on human rights on the microblogging platform. In his letter, Türk urged Twitter to stand up for the r...
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Elon Musk Seeks to End Pre-Approval of His Tweets, Calls SEC Mandate "Government-Imposed Muzzle"
Elon Musk has moved a US federal appeals court asking it to remove a provision that was part of a consent decree with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), stating that the requirement inhibited and chilled his right to free speech on a broad range of topics. The Tesla CEO agreed in 2018 to let a Tesla lawyer screen tweets that might con...
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Telegram Asked To Disclose Details Of Channels Violating Copyright Law
The Delhi High Court has said the defence of free speech and the right to privacy cannot be used by any entity, including an infringer, to escape the consequences of illegal actions.
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"Preventing Citizen From Voicing Opinion": Gandhis In Delhi Riots case
Preventing a citizen from expressing a opinion against any bill or law passed by Parliament is violative of the right to free speech and principles of democracy, Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul have contended before the Delhi High Court.
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Right To Comment On Social Media, TV Content Facet Of Free Speech: Court
Right to comment on content on social media or TV channels is a facet of free speech under the Constitution and it will be in the interest of public that every broadcaster has the right of criticism and review.
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UN Rights Panel Calls To Repeal Hong Kong Security Law Imposed By China
Hong Kong's controversial national security law should be repealed, experts on the UN Human Rights Committee said on Wednesday, amid concerns the legislation is being used to crack down on free speech and dissent in the former British colony.
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Sequoia India Asks Court To Dismiss Former Counsel's Lawsuit: Report
Sequoia Capital India has asked a local court to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by one of its former general counsels, saying it was an attempt to curb its free speech rights and harm its interests, the venture capital firm's court filing shows.
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Can't Invoke Free Speech Against Instagram, Facebook: Parent Firm Meta To High Court
Meta Platforms Inc - the parent company of Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp - told Delhi High Court that the rights under Article 19 (free speech) of the Constitution of India cannot be invoked against it by a user.
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Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover a Concern for Human Rights Groups
Human rights groups raised concerns about hate speech on Twitter and the power that its takeover by Elon Musk would give the billionaire. Musk has been called a 'free speech absolutist' and has been critical of Twitter's policies of moderating content on the platform.
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"With Advent Of Troll Armies...": Chief Justice On Free Speech On Internet
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Friday raised concerns over overwhelming barrage of speech that distorts the truth with the advent of troll armies and organised disinformation campaigns across social media platforms.
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Elon Musk Meets Benjamin Netanyahu In Israel, Tours Kibbutz Attacked By Hamas
Notably, the tech entrepreneur has been accused by civil rights groups of amplifying anti-Jewish hatred on his X social media platform.
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Trump Says Prosecutors Seeking To Restrict His Free Speech Rights
Donald Trump pushed back on Monday against a bid by government lawyers to restrict what he can share publicly about his historic prosecution for allegedly conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
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"Students Free To Express Unpopular Views, But...": Delhi High Court On Jamia Violence Case
The student community is not a different group which enjoys any extra right regarding freedom of speech and expression and the law does not grant protection if the right to protest is demonstrated violently, the Delhi High Court said.
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BJP Governments Never Imposed Any Ban On Media Houses: Rajnath Singh
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said those alleging violation of press freedom forget that the governments of his party had "never imposed any ban" on any media organisation, "nor curtailed" anyone's right to free speech.
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Free Speech In Rajya Sabha Yes, But No Free-For-All: Deputy Chairman
The right to raise any issue in Rajya Sabha "is subject to the provisions of the Constitution", Deputy Chairman Harivansh said.
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Elon Musk Urged by UN to Ensure Human Rights Are Central to Management of Twitter
Elon Musk was urged by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk on Saturday, to "ensure human rights are central to the management of Twitter". The message from Türk was issued after reports that Musk had fired the entire team working on human rights on the microblogging platform. In his letter, Türk urged Twitter to stand up for the r...
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Elon Musk Seeks to End Pre-Approval of His Tweets, Calls SEC Mandate "Government-Imposed Muzzle"
Elon Musk has moved a US federal appeals court asking it to remove a provision that was part of a consent decree with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), stating that the requirement inhibited and chilled his right to free speech on a broad range of topics. The Tesla CEO agreed in 2018 to let a Tesla lawyer screen tweets that might con...
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Telegram Asked To Disclose Details Of Channels Violating Copyright Law
The Delhi High Court has said the defence of free speech and the right to privacy cannot be used by any entity, including an infringer, to escape the consequences of illegal actions.
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"Preventing Citizen From Voicing Opinion": Gandhis In Delhi Riots case
Preventing a citizen from expressing a opinion against any bill or law passed by Parliament is violative of the right to free speech and principles of democracy, Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul have contended before the Delhi High Court.
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Right To Comment On Social Media, TV Content Facet Of Free Speech: Court
Right to comment on content on social media or TV channels is a facet of free speech under the Constitution and it will be in the interest of public that every broadcaster has the right of criticism and review.
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UN Rights Panel Calls To Repeal Hong Kong Security Law Imposed By China
Hong Kong's controversial national security law should be repealed, experts on the UN Human Rights Committee said on Wednesday, amid concerns the legislation is being used to crack down on free speech and dissent in the former British colony.
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Sequoia India Asks Court To Dismiss Former Counsel's Lawsuit: Report
Sequoia Capital India has asked a local court to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by one of its former general counsels, saying it was an attempt to curb its free speech rights and harm its interests, the venture capital firm's court filing shows.
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Can't Invoke Free Speech Against Instagram, Facebook: Parent Firm Meta To High Court
Meta Platforms Inc - the parent company of Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp - told Delhi High Court that the rights under Article 19 (free speech) of the Constitution of India cannot be invoked against it by a user.
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Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover a Concern for Human Rights Groups
Human rights groups raised concerns about hate speech on Twitter and the power that its takeover by Elon Musk would give the billionaire. Musk has been called a 'free speech absolutist' and has been critical of Twitter's policies of moderating content on the platform.
