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Hate Speech In India And Anti-Blasphemy Law To Deal With It

Sapna SinghJune 23, 20220

The debate over some political spokespersons' comments has focused attention on the anti-blasphemy law in India that addresses religious criticism or insults of a particular religion and community. Currently, India lacks a formal legal framework for dealing with religiously motivated hate speech. What is Blasphemy? The meaning of Blasphemy law is ‘Irreverence toward God, a religious icon, or something else considered sacred. Blasphemy law is considered one of the world's most abused laws. It is frequently regarded as a reasonable restriction on free speech/ Hate speech and expression against any community or religion. This word is regarded as a barrier to the development of scientific temperament among people. It is also a method of imposing one community's religious beliefs and virtues

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Criticism Is Essential Part Of Democracy, Yet Criticizing PM Is A Crime Under UAPA: Umar Khalid’s Councel

Sonia SolankiApril 28, 20220

Delhi High Court on Wednesday while hearing the plea of Umar Khalid asks if the intention of words like 'Jumla" used for PM is valid or not?. Umar Khalid is in prison for the last 583 days under UAPA for criticizing the PM during his speech in Amravati in Maharashtra in 2020. Delhi HC Observations The Delhi High Court hearing was governed by Justice Siddharth Mridul and Rajnish Bhatnagar. The bench also asks questions pertaining to the use of words like "Krantikaari" and "Inqualabi" by Umar Khalid. As such words and their sentiments had led to violence at any stage or not, is important to know. The bench of Delhi HC says that there has to be a fine line drawn for criticism. Justice Mridhul said, "Today, we live in the age of 5G where anything you say, if it uploaded on social ...

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DSA To Scan Internet’s Big Social Giants, Curb Digitally Illegal Content: EU

Sonia SolankiApril 25, 20220

The EU (European Union) has come up with Digital Services Act under which the government will govern the internet. So, the aim is to curb the illegal content and any disinformation on multiple big giants like Facebook, Twitter, Google etc. The officials from the European parliament, the French presidency of the council of the EU and the Commission, all agreed to the new rules. These new rules will be applicable to internet techs and giants. "The Digital Services Act (DSA) is a major milestone," said Commissioner Thierry Breton. He also says that in the last 20 years Europe for the first time is tackling the issue of the digital and information areas. How DSA Will Help In Filtering Internet? One of the main highlights that DSA talks about is the illegal and illicit content l...

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Yati Narsinghanand : A Repeated Offender Of Religious Emotions, Again Delivers HATE SPEECH in Delhi.

Sonia SolankiApril 4, 20220

Yati Narsinghanand is again booked for his hate speech remarks during the Hindu Mahapanchayat sabha in Burari, New Delhi. He says that "50% of the Hindus will convert to Muslims in 20 years if a Muslim becomes a PM of the nation". Details Of The Hate Speech Event : As per police sources, Three FIRs are registered as they denied permission for the event. Yet the organizers continued with the event with 700-800 people. Not only that police have lodged FIR pertaining to fake and false media videos, and reports. As per police sources, many people are also using it as a tool to propagate their own hidden agenda. But till now no arrests are being done so far. https://twitter.com/kaushikrj6/status/1510545773469274113?t=1aRwbpPdF542UeNLf2d7pQ&s=19 The event was organised by Preet S...

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Hate Speech Saga Needs To Be Addressed, Threat To Our Integrity: IIM’s Students And Staff Writes To The PM

Sonia SolankiJanuary 10, 20220

Hate Speech Saga continues to draw attention from different sections of society. This includes students, teachers, intellects, educationists, lawyers, etc. The recent one to stand against it is the IIM's Students and staff members. They have written an open letter to Prime Minister Mr. Modi regarding the Dharam Sansad events which recently took place in a different part of the country. These Dharam Sansad events are promoting hate speech against Muslims by the Hindu religious representatives. IIM faculty has written to the PM stating " Your silence, Honourable Prime Minister, emboldens the hate-filled voices and threatens the unity and integrity of our country. We request you to stand firm against forces that seek to divide us". Letter to the PM from IIM students and faculty Hate Sp...

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The Facebook Papers Expose: Greed Of Tech Giants

Vasudha SOctober 27, 20210

What Is Facebook Papers Now?On Monday (October 25) a consortium of American and European news organizations began to put out content that analyzed and exposed thousands of pages of internal company documents of Facebook. The documents were obtained by the former Facebook employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen. Some of the stories and analyses have been drawn from the redacted versions of disclosures presented to the US Congress in the ongoing proceedings. The said consortium had accessed these redacted documents. Journalists from an array of big and small newsrooms worked together to access and then analyze the documents used for the exposè. A huge tranche of internal documents was obtained by whistleblower Frances Haugen. The series of articles that have been put out since M...