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Freedom of Speech
Blogger Raif Badawi released after 1000 lashes and 10 years in prison: How criticism of Sharia laws, Kingdom of Saud changed his life
Raif Badawi had dared to speak his mind, despite being aware of the harsh consequences under the totalitarian regime of the Saudi monarch.
Ukraine war: Facebook and Instagram update policy to allow calls for violence against Russians, users can now issue death threats to Putin
The internal email accessed by Reuters also said that the Meta would allow posts that call for the death of Putin and Lukashenko only if they did not contain other targets or have two indicators of credibility, such as the location or method.
Freedom for Freedom: How far will the ‘my freedom to do this and that’ trope go
All this will boomerang and wreak havoc on us only. And then there will be nowhere to go.
Russia blocks Facebook, global media outlets, including BBC and CNN stop reporting from the country after it passes ‘fake news law’: Details
News agencies like BBC stop reporting from Russia as it enacts 'fake news law', Roskomnadzor blocks Facebook for restricting Russian media
Pakistani Hockey Federation bans Olympian Rashid-ul-Hasan for 10 years for ‘abusing’ Imran Khan govt on WhatsApp
Pakistani hockey player Rashid-ul-Hasan Was dished out a 10-year ban for calling out PM Imran Khan over false promises.
Journalist Aarti Tikoo Singh moves Delhi High Court against Twitter for blocking her account
Aarti Tikoo Singh approaches Delhi High court against Twitter after her account was locked for showing Islamists threating her brother
Mother of irony: Swara Bhasker appeals to Mamata Banerjee, one of the most authoritarian leaders of our times, to save democratic principles
Swara Bhasker appealed Mamata Banerjee to protect the freedom of expression who has been jailing people for memes and cartoons
‘Critics are not trolls, milord’: ‘Faceless and nameless’ troll writes open letter to Chief Justice of India
A 'nameless, faceless but not shameless' troll writes an open letter to the Supreme Court regarding its recent request.
Mumbai Police asks Twitter to act against user for sharing ad video parodying Rahul Gandhi, Congress workers had earlier vandalized company’s office
On April 26, Abhijit Iyer-Mitra had posted the video of an advertisement by Storia Foods and Beverages that was a hilarious parody on Congress prince Rahul Gandhi.
Did you know? Kishore Kumar was banned by Indira Gandhi from singing on the radio for refusing to obey her orders during Emergency
A few days after Indira Gandhi had declared Emergency, the then Information and Broadcasting minister VC Shukla, a close aide of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, wanted Bollywood to promote the 20-point program on All India Radio and Doordarshan.
