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DC Edit | Arbitrary curbs on social media, speech must end

DC Edit | Arbitrary curbs on social media, speech must end

The global state of free speech has been facing an alarming decline, including in the US where a crackdown on support to...

21 March 2025 11:48 PM IST

KTR blocks Big TV on X, raising questions about free speech

KTR blocks Big TV on X, raising questions about free speech

Hyderabad: K.T. Rama Rao (KTR), the working president of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), has recently blocked the...

30 Oct 2024 5:46 PM IST

DC Edit | Govts, leave social media alone

DC Edit | Govts, leave social media alone

What can governments do about social media platforms? Facing the reality that the loosely regulated platforms of the ...

30 Aug 2024 12:40 AM IST

Telegram Founders Arrest Supercharges Online Freedom Debate

Telegram Founder's Arrest Supercharges Online Freedom Debate

PARIS: By arresting Russia-born billionaire tech founder Pavel Durov, French police have dived headlong into a fractious...

27 Aug 2024 3:01 AM IST

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange during a press conference inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. (Photo: AFP)

London court will decide whether to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian...

London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces a hearing Monday in the High Court in London that could end with him...

20 May 2024 12:05 PM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Getting the news from TikTok and social media: Will bid to ban work?

Farrukh Dhondy | Getting the news from TikTok and social media: Will...

“Dogs in our alleyAre treated like kings by allNo thief dare come nearThe cats who live hereDon’t bother the rats or...

30 March 2024 12:02 AM IST

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DC Edit | Verdict on MPS’ bribery puts free speech at risk

While welcomed for curbing corruption, concerns arise over potential impact on free and fearless discussions in...

6 March 2024 12:10 AM IST

Free speech law stops at the gates of private spaces. (Image: Freepik)

Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | Threats to free speech rise as global...

To say that our world has become much more polarised than before after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine would be to...

20 Dec 2023 12:03 AM IST

Untouchability not Constitutional even if part of Sanatana Dharma, says Madras HC

Untouchability not Constitutional even if part of Sanatana Dharma,...

Free speech not absolute right, must be tempered with proper info: HC

16 Sept 2023 10:14 PM IST

Kishwar Desai | Nigel Farage gets uncancelled; no such hope for J.K. Rowling

Kishwar Desai | Nigel Farage gets uncancelled'; no such hope for J.K....

The “cancel culture”, dear readers, still prevails. And one wonders if it is a means to focus our attention...

7 Aug 2023 12:00 AM IST

DC Edit | Define free speech as a right

DC Edit | Define free speech as a right

Rahul Gandhi will pursue his appeal against his conviction on the grounds of criminal defamation in the highest court of...

10 July 2023 12:52 AM IST

A woman runs across London Bridge, backdropped by Tower Bridge, as she exercises in central London. (AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Of free speech and the Left, of Asians in UK & cancel...

All The Spectator's writers, boobies and cry-babies, protest against the â€œcancel cultureâ€ which denies the likes of...

25 March 2023 12:14 AM IST