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TopicHate speech

Topic: Hate speech

‘Udhayanidhi’s Sanatana remarks fall within hate speech’: Madras HC quashes FIR against Amit Malviya

Describing Malviya as a follower of Sanatana Dharma, court says that BJP leader merely defended his faith, which would not attract criminal liability under IPC.

Colonial narratives still fuel hate speech in India, says historian Irfan S Habib

Scholars and an ex-IPS officer unpacked the gaps between law, history, and enforcement on the ground at a conference in Delhi's India International Centre.

A murderous love story? Why hate spewing ‘Lady Godse’ Pooja Pandey is making headlines again

A 28-year-old bike showroom owner was shot dead by two men in Aligarh last week. His family has accused Pooja Pandey and her husband Ashok Pandey of masterminding the killing.

Judging a joke: How courts are navigating free speech space in age of social media

With increasing cases of online satire, impersonation, and hate speech, courts face a dilemma: Where does right to free speech end and criminality begin?

Once booked for Babri play, now in dock for inflammatory speech—who is RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat

Bhat is a prominent Hindutva activist who runs a chain of educational institutions & heads other organisations, largely based in Dakshina Kannada district.

What SC said on free speech, satire & duty as it quashed FIR lodged against MP Pratapgarhi over a poem

Key order comes at a time when standup comedian Kunal Kamra is facing heat for taking a dig at Eknath Shinde without naming the Maharashtra deputy CM directly.

AI is a silent spectator to hate speech. It doesn’t know how to moderate regional languages

Hate speech is highly context-dependent, but anthropologist Sahana Udupa's findings revealed that the datasets powering AI algorithms are not.

Meta’s love-hate relationship with Modi govt and its politics

From controversies over its alleged role in influencing electoral processes to its purported neglect of hate speech, Meta faces a delicate balancing act in India.

Christian leaders flag community’s plight in letter to Murmu, Modi. ‘Attacked, seen as conversion agents’

In the letter, 400 Christian leaders & 30 church groups mention cases of violence against their community & call for inclusivity, look to PM to play ‘positive role in nation-building’.

55 MPs submit notice for impeaching Justice Shekhar Yadav. ‘Targeted minorities, displayed bias’

MPs submitted the notice to the Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha. It alleges that prima facie, the Allahabad HC made 'outrageous, derogatory & hateful statements' in his speech.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.