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Tuesday, December 2, 2025
TopicFree speech

Topic: free speech

In India, it’s save-the-internet time once again

Internet freedom is threatened once again as the Modi government is high on power and the opposition dead. We must speak up before it's too late.

Facebook needs to understand the dangers of handing a megaphone to 2.7 billion people

Mark Zuckerberg's defence of how Facebook is essential to free expression doesn't mean much if it can’t identify or stamp out the worst abuses that come from it.

Is #MeToo casting a shadow on sexual pleasure?

Bodies and sexual pleasures have always been entangled in public, moralising discourses.

Nobody should be arrested basis what they think, says Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo

Speaking at Democracy Wall, the Biju Janata Dal leader said he strongly opposed criminal defamation.

The most undeserving man is on his way to becoming a free speech martyr in India

The Right-wing’s use of draconian anti-free speech laws comes home to roost.

In #MeToo era, this colonial-era law also needs to be junked

By choosing to file a criminal defamation case only against Priya Ramani, M.J. Akbar makes no effort to hide his intentions.

Criticism of government, calling country ‘racist’ not sedition, says outgoing Law Commission

Panel asserts that people should be allowed to point out ‘loopholes’ in govt policy, says ‘national interest’ can’t be used to curb free speech.

A 91-year-old law is making a comeback in India due to lynchings and WhatsApp forwards

How the govt chooses to deal with cases under Section 295A, and other laws curbing free speech, speaks volumes of its own electoral calculations.

Amarinder Singh’s sacrilege bill shows no Indian political party will fight for free speech

There is a strong and widespread resistance to free speech across the political spectrum. As India grapples with its ongoing reactionary wave of politics, Punjab...

India unequipped to deal with cyber crime, says Meghalaya editor Patricia Mary Mukhim

Editor of Shillong Times and Padma Shri award winner Patricia Mary Mukhim says she doesn’t watch the news today because she doesn’t like to see 'shouting matches'.

On Camera

RSS is warming up to Yogi Adityanath. CM has many more boxes to tick

It’s not just the Opposition parties Yogi Adityanath has to contend with. His detractors within the BJP are no less formidable.

Modi govt’s PM internship scheme saw high attrition in Year 1. Just 30% joined, 41% quit midway

According to government reply in Lok Sabha, the pilot phase of PMIS is being used to test concepts, strategies and systems before a full-scale implementation of the scheme.

After Op Sindoor, India goes in for more Heron Mk IIs; Israel frontrunner for mega MALE drones deal

Order for 87 MALE drones will be split between 2 Indian firms in 64:36 ratio to ensure there are 2 independent manufacturing lines with at least 60% indigenous components.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.