The world according to Grok: India must keep trade issues apart from free speech
1 week ago

The world according to Grok: India must keep trade issues apart from free speech

Live Mint  

India has been playing nice with America’s Donald Trump administration. Therefore, many see as dark irony the aggressive stance adopted by another firm owned by Elon Musk, X, the microblog platform that he took over in 2022, in suing the government of India over what it sees as attempts to censor free speech. America might While the White House has readily deployed tariffs to achieve ends in spheres other than trade, India must not let distinct issues get mixed up. On free speech, Trump and Musk both oppose any gags whatsoever as part of their war on ‘wokism,’ but in India, it is squarely a constitutional matter. A provision of India’s Information Technology Act that seems to give the Centre arbitrary latitude in having online posts taken down is under legal challenge by X. Trump and Musk are too publicly invested in absolute free speech to bargain it away for a bilateral trade deal with India.

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Elon Musk addresses controversy about Grok’s ‘brutally honest’ replies about India… with an emoji
1 week, 2 days ago

Elon Musk addresses controversy about Grok’s ‘brutally honest’ replies about India… with an emoji

Hindustan Times  

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok has created a stir among Indian social media users after it used Hindi slang and unfiltered language in response to a user's queries about “best mutuals”. What followed next turned into a viral storm, as the chatbot started answering questions on everything including politics, political figures, cricket, gossip, and Bollywood - and people labelled the …

Why is X suing the Indian government as Musk woos Modi?
1 week, 2 days ago

Why is X suing the Indian government as Musk woos Modi?

Al Jazeera  

X has filed a lawsuit alleging that New Delhi is unlawfully censoring content online. But almost a month later, Musk’s social media platform X has filed a lawsuit against the Indian government, alleging that New Delhi is unlawfully censoring content online. In a suit filed in the high court of the South Indian state of Karnataka on March 5, X …

DC Edit | Arbitrary curbs on social media, speech must end
1 week, 2 days ago

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

Deccan Chronicle  

How free is free speech in India? While India has never supported absolute freedom of speech, as evidenced in its handling of the free expression of extreme opinions, it must better define its approach to how much freedom it tolerates. However, this is also a time when Musk is being supported in his quest to bring in absolute freedom of …

'Very unfair to US' if Musk builds car factory in India, says Trump
1 month, 1 week ago

'Very unfair to US' if Musk builds car factory in India, says Trump

Firstpost  

US President Donald Trump said it would be “unfair” to the US if Elon Musk’s Tesla built a factory in India while also criticising India’s high car tariffs amid ongoing trade discussions. AP US President Donald Trump said it would be “unfair” to the US if Elon Musk’s Tesla built a factory in India to avoid import tariffs in the …

'Very unfair to US' if Musk builds car factory in India, says Trump
1 month, 1 week ago

'Very unfair to US' if Musk builds car factory in India, says Trump

Firstpost  

US President Donald Trump said it would be “unfair” to the US if Elon Musk’s Tesla built a factory in India while also criticising India’s high car tariffs amid ongoing trade discussions. AP US President Donald Trump said it would be “unfair” to the US if Elon Musk’s Tesla built a factory in India to avoid import tariffs in the …

DC Edit | SC must define free speech boundaries
1 month, 1 week ago

DC Edit | SC must define free speech boundaries

Deccan Chronicle  

The Ranveer Allahbadia issue has triggered a debate on the need for regulation of digital content even as the person’s distasteful comments as a guest on a television show has tested the limits of free speech in this age of social media where supervision over a limitless medium has become a nearly impossible task. What society stresses even in an …

Trump talks ‘free speech’ while moving to muzzle those he disagrees with
2 months ago

Trump talks ‘free speech’ while moving to muzzle those he disagrees with

LA Times  

President Trump speaks to reporters after signing a series of executive orders in the Oval Office on Thursday. The order accused the outgoing Biden administration of harassing social media companies and violating the rights of average Americans “under the guise” of combating disinformation online, and said federal resources would no longer be used to “unconstitutionally abridge the free speech of …

The Trump card, global politics and outcomes for India
2 months, 2 weeks ago

The Trump card, global politics and outcomes for India

The Hindu  

Who is Donald Trump? Mr. Trump’s scepticism about global institutions will inspire adventurism in global politics and nationalisms that override international law. American isolationism under MAGA, can encourage powers such as China and Russia already united in their opposition to the U.S.’s power and influence, to expand their global footprint, using both economic and military means. India’s growing geopolitical clout …

Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | Threats to free speech rise as global conflicts intensify
1 year, 3 months ago

Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | Threats to free speech rise as global conflicts intensify

Deccan Chronicle  

To say that our world has become much more polarised than before after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine would be to state the obvious. That is truly ironic: It is the right-wingers who decry the so-called “cancel culture” and hail free speech. Free speech law stops at the gates of private spaces, although most private universities promise to follow …

500% Rise In Hate Speech Cases Against Politicians & Public Functionaries Since 2014: Supreme Court Told
2 years, 4 months ago

500% Rise In Hate Speech Cases Against Politicians & Public Functionaries Since 2014: Supreme Court Told

Live Law  

The Supreme Court was yesterday informed that there has been almost 500% rise in reported Hate speech cases against politicians and public functionaries since 2014. "Hate speech expressed at the highest levels of political authority remain unchecked, and new policies have exacerbated a climate of intercommunal tension and impunity for offenders. Further, it is suggested that India may adopt the …

India Versus Twitter Versus Elon Musk Versus Society
2 years, 8 months ago

India Versus Twitter Versus Elon Musk Versus Society

Slate  

This article is part of the Free Speech Project, a collaboration between Future Tense and the Tech, Law, & Security Program at American University Washington College of Law that examines the ways technology is influencing how we think about speech. On July 5, Reuters reported, Twitter asked the High Court of the Indian state of Karnataka “to overturn some government …

Op-Ed: What Twitter’s lawsuit against the Indian government could mean for global free expression
2 years, 8 months ago

Op-Ed: What Twitter’s lawsuit against the Indian government could mean for global free expression

LA Times  

Twitter’s lawsuit, filed July 5, seeks judicial review of orders issued under India’s Information Technology Act. Twitter then took the battle for internet freedom to the courts by filing a case against the Indian government’s sweeping, disproportionate censorship orders. Twitter’s lawsuit, filed July 5, seeks judicial review of orders issued under India’s Information Technology Act, enacted in 2000. It is …

How Elon Musk could impact Twitter’s battles over speech abroad
2 years, 10 months ago

How Elon Musk could impact Twitter’s battles over speech abroad

CNN  

San Francisco CNN Business — Since Elon Musk announced he was buying Twitter last month, the billionaire has sent out tweet after tweet outlining his plans for the platform, touching on everything from new features to security updates to monetization. If people want less free speech, they will ask government to pass laws to that effect.” Musk has also said …

Musk description of free speech criticised as Twitter takeover fallout continues
2 years, 11 months ago

Musk description of free speech criticised as Twitter takeover fallout continues

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. After concerns were raised in some quarters over the …

Elon Musk explains free speech, anti-censorship views on Twitter
2 years, 11 months ago

Elon Musk explains free speech, anti-censorship views on Twitter

The Hindu  

Billionaire Elon Musk, who is pursuing a bid to buy Twitter, took to the platform on Tuesday to expand on what he means by free speech. — Elon Musk April 26, 2022 “If people want less free speech, they will ask government to pass laws to that effect. His remarks came soon after he tweeted that “The extreme antibody reaction …

Buying free speech: The Hindu Editorial on Elon Musk’s Twitter buy
2 years, 11 months ago

Buying free speech: The Hindu Editorial on Elon Musk’s Twitter buy

The Hindu  

After buying Twitter for $44 billion, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk made a pitch for free speech. The world’s richest man talking about free speech and humanity’s future after buying one of the most influential social media platforms seems to be the most politically correct thing to do. What Mr. Musk does next toward promoting free speech on the platform would …

Setting The Tone: Elon Musk’s Free Speech Debate in The West And Its Relevance in India
2 years, 11 months ago

Setting The Tone: Elon Musk’s Free Speech Debate in The West And Its Relevance in India

News 18  

The expected acquisition of Twitter by billionaire Elon Musk has sparked a debate in the United States over freedom of expression and the role of social media platforms in regulating information flow. Even though Musk has addressed himself as a “free speech absolutist” and made it the core of his agenda after the Twitter takeover, some human rights groups believe …

India’s rights record, America’s blinkered vision
3 years, 2 months ago

India’s rights record, America’s blinkered vision

The Hindu  

Recent Indian foreign policy has a chequered record, the vacillations over the Taliban resuming control in Afghanistan being one instance. Accommodating view India is considered a critical ally by the United States, the only designated Major Defence Partner, and Ambassador-Designate to India Eric Garcetti told the Senate, “Few nations are more vital to the future of American security and prosperity …

India’s Battle to Regulate Free Speech: From Rushdie to Rihanna
4 years, 1 month ago

India’s Battle to Regulate Free Speech: From Rushdie to Rihanna

The Quint  

The alternate model —broadly operating in democratic states—is Lex Americana. Tech giants, primarily US corporations, operating under the protection of US power, are governing the speech disseminated and received across frontiers. In the Zoom case, the US government isn’t only defending free speech, but also protecting its regulatory control of technology giants. For instance, Indian entities which purchase oil from …

Indians and our model for greatness
6 years, 4 months ago

Indians and our model for greatness

ABP News  

If you ask Indians what sort of India they want, almost all will say they want a powerful and prosperous one. The most powerful nation in the world is the United States of America, which is also one of the most prosperous. We want to be a nation like the United States of America, which is rich, large, militarily powerful …

Greatness will elude India unless there's support for free speech; it's people not governments which make nation
6 years, 4 months ago

Greatness will elude India unless there's support for free speech; it's people not governments which make nation

Firstpost  

Most Indians today believe that it is not only wrong to say certain things, but also that there should be no right to say them. Till we support restrictions on freedom of speech, true greatness will elude this nation, no matter how brilliant the individual at the helm may be. We want to be a nation like the United States …

Is free speech under threat in Modi’s India?
7 years, 7 months ago

Is free speech under threat in Modi’s India?

Al Jazeera  

On June 9, Prannoy Roy stood at a lectern in front of a crowd of journalists at the Press Club of India in New Delhi. WATCH: India’s NDTV raid a ‘defining moment’ for press freedom – The Listening Post Jaitley, speaking at the London School of Economics, had been asked to comment on the term “antinational”, recently hurled at left-wing …

Dissent gagged: Ambiguity of free speech laws in India
7 years, 11 months ago

Dissent gagged: Ambiguity of free speech laws in India

Firstpost  

Editor’s Note: A nation’s legal system is integral to how its citizens look upon issues that concern the country in general and their individual lives in particular. Article 19 allows the state to make laws that restrict freedom of speech so long as they impose reasonable restrictions in the “interests of the sovereignty and integrity of India, the security of …

State of the Union: Free speech laws must be made stronger
8 years, 1 month ago

State of the Union: Free speech laws must be made stronger

Deccan Chronicle  

An invitation to be a part of a panel in Bengaluru on draconian laws in the context of freedom of the press — namely sedition, defamation, contempt and privileges — once again provided an opportunity to revisit the conundrum as to how free is free speech in India for both the media and the people. The un-amended Clause 2 of …

Free speech and India
9 years ago

Free speech and India

The Hindu  

THE contemporary debate on intolerance of dissent has brought forth various shades of opinion. In the book, recently published by Oxford University Press, Bhatia celebrates free speech cases ending with the 2015 Supreme Court judgment in Shreya Singhal vs Union of India that struck down Section 66A of the Information Technology Act for violating Article 19 of the Constitution. The …

A troubled tryst with free speech
10 years, 2 months ago

A troubled tryst with free speech

Deccan Chronicle  

My old boss had only one commandment in journalism so far as I remember. Free speech was included in the ‘Declaration on the Rights of Man’ during the French Revolution as ‘one of the most precious’ rights of man.” However, he added, “In the broad tradition of Sarva Dharma Samabhav, it is pretty much inconceivable that any Indian publication would …

Free-Speech Debate In India Heats Up
12 years, 4 months ago

Free-Speech Debate In India Heats Up

NPR  

Free-Speech Debate In India Heats Up Enlarge this image toggle caption Julie McCarthy/NPR Julie McCarthy/NPR It looks like the case in India against two young female Facebook users has been dropped. Referring to the case against Dhada and Srinivasan, the chief justice of India, Altmas Kabir, said that "the way the children were arrested and treated like criminals outraged the …

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