US bars five Europeans it says pressured tech firms to censor American viewpoints onlineThe US has barred five Europeans from entry, accusing them of pushing American tech companies to silence US opinions. The move uses visa ru...
24 Dec, 2025, 08.29 AM IST
Charlie Kirk's death ignites free speech fire storm among Trump supportersFollowing Charlie Kirk's death, the White House is facing criticism. The administration's response to political rhetoric sparks debate amon...
21 Sep, 2025, 03.37 PM IST
Allahabad HC quashes Abbas Ansari's conviction in hate speech caseThe Allahabad High Court overturned Abbas Ansari's conviction in a 2022 hate speech case, setting aside the special MP MLA court's order of...
20 Aug, 2025, 03.41 PM IST
President Biden blasts 'shameful' Meta decision to scrap US fact-checkingUS President Joe Biden criticised Meta for ending fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in the US. He called it shameful. Meta's decision...
11 Jan, 2025, 11.20 AM IST
Regulating online hate speech 'not censorship': UN rights chiefThe UN rights chief declared that regulating online hate speech and harmful content is not censorship. Meta recently announced it would rem...
10 Jan, 2025, 06.18 PM IST
Not showing fear or favour, well done, ECBy dealing with the latest round of complaints of alleged hate speeches made by politicians during recent election campaigns and rallies, E...
26 Apr, 2024, 12.22 AM IST
Trump says Jews who vote for Democrats 'hate Israel' and their religionFormer President Trump accused Jewish Democrats of hating Israel, sparking backlash. Biden's campaign condemned the Antisemitic rhetoric, e...
19 Mar, 2024, 12.47 PM IST
India recommends Canada to prevent attacks on places of worship, address hate speechIndia has recommended that Canada strengthen measures to prevent attacks on places of worship and address hate speech. The recommendations ...
14 Nov, 2023, 07.06 AM IST
Israel-Hamas war: 'Dire' disinformation spreads globallyAs the war in Middle East intensifies, social media has been able to spread disinformation around the country. The conflict, which has kill...
31 Oct, 2023, 05.51 PM IST
No scope for hate crimes on basis of religion in secular country such as India: SC"There cannot be any compromise on hate speech at all," the top court said and added that it is only if the State acknowledges the problem ...
06 Feb, 2023, 10.26 PM IST
How harmful messaging can be disincentivised by levying a ‘sin tax’ on advertising in social mediaSocial media have found that the most addictive way of grabbing the attention of viewers is to shower them with hate and sensational falseh...
10 Jan, 2023, 10.58 PM IST
Disparaging statement by minister can be vicariously attributed to govt if made in official capacity: Justice NagarathnaA Constitution bench of Justices S A Nazeer, B R Gavai, A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian, in a separate judgement, ruled that a minister's...
03 Jan, 2023, 02.29 PM IST
Musk's entry sparks Hollywood exodus, 'Bridgerton' director Shonda Rhimes, Ken Olin quit platformAccording to reports there had been a drastic increase in hate-speech ever since the billionaire acquired the platform.
31 Oct, 2022, 04.49 PM IST
2020 Delhi riots: HC grants time for impleadment of political leaders in pleas alleging hate speechesSenior advocates Colin Gonsalves and Sonia Mathur, who appeared for petitioners Shaikh Mujtaba Farooq and Lawyers Voice, respectively, said...
08 Feb, 2022, 06.50 PM IST
India on top of Facebook's 2021 Integrity Prioritisation ListAfter flagging multiple risks, the internal memo of the social media giant stated it needs to "come out of risk" this year in India with re...
12 Nov, 2021, 08.48 AM IST
View: Taking Facebook to task over hate speech is a test of India's democracyFacebook, which owns WhatsApp and Instagram, has tried to cast itself as an innocent intermediary, an empty stage where users do their own ...
23 Aug, 2020, 10.37 AM IST
- Web 2.0 gives new tools to hate groups: experts
Social networks MySpace and Facebook and video-sharing site YouTube are being used as powerful new tools by extremist groups to spread a me...
18 Nov, 2008, 09.09 AM IST