Vijay goes off-script, turns oath-taking into powerful oath speech, Tamil Nadu Guv corrects himTamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar guided TVK chief C Joseph Vijay during his oath-taking ceremony. Vijay initially deviated f...
12 May, 2026, 01.11 PM IST
Legislation on hate speech lies in domain of legislature, not courts: SCThe Supreme Court has ruled that current laws are adequate to control hate speech nationwide. The court stated that creating new criminal o...
29 Apr, 2026, 11.18 PM IST
Late-night fallout: FCC reviews ABC's licences after Jimmy Kimmel's remark on Melania TrumpThe FCC is reviewing ABC licences after a controversy linked to Jimmy Kimmel’s joke about Melania Trump. The issue has created political ba...
29 Apr, 2026, 01.47 AM IST
ICE detained family less than two days after court ordered their release in USAn Egyptian family, recently released from immigration detention, was re-detained by federal authorities for several hours on Saturday. Thi...
26 Apr, 2026, 12.03 PM IST
Karnataka brings hate speech law; BJP to challengeKarnataka has passed a new law against hate speech and crimes, which makes it the first state in India to do so. The bill includes severe p...
13 Dec, 2025, 11.14 PM IST
Facebook, X, YouTube to do more against online hate speech, EU saysOther firms that have agreed with the voluntary code set up in May 2016 are Dailymotion, Instagram, Jeuxvideo.com, LinkedIn, Microsoft host...
20 Jan, 2025, 06.25 PM IST
Hate speech on floor of House: Danish Ali slams BJP over Bidhuri's derogatory remarksBahujan Samaj Party MP Danish Ali has called for the suspension of BJP parliamentarian Ramesh Bidhuri after he made derogatory remarks duri...
25 Sep, 2023, 03.58 PM IST
Ensure there's no hate speech: SC after allowing VHP ralliesA bench headed by Justice Sanjiv Khanna, however, refused to stay a proposed VHP rally on Wednesday. The bench emphasised that the state au...
02 Aug, 2023, 11.02 PM IST
Supreme Court directs three state governments to take suo moto action against hate speechIndia's apex court directed the Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments to come down hard on hate speech, ordering them to file cr...
21 Oct, 2022, 06.28 PM IST
SC seeks Centre, states' response to plea against hate crimes and speechesIn his petition, Abdullah has also sought invoking the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and other stringent provisions to curb hat...
20 Oct, 2022, 07.38 PM IST
Supreme Court to hear in July pleas concerning hate speeches, IT RulesA bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar said pleas concerning the challenge to the Cable Television Networks (Amendment) Rules,2021 would ...
19 May, 2022, 08.46 PM IST
Stop hate speakers: Supreme Court to Uttarakhand"Don't allow those who made hate speeches earlier to speak. You know preventive and corrective action needs to be taken," Justice Khanwilka...
26 Apr, 2022, 11.30 PM IST
From hate speech to nudity, Facebook's oversight board picks its first casesThe board, which Facebook created in response to criticism of its handling of problematic content, said it had received 20,000 cases since ...
01 Dec, 2020, 09.25 PM IST
40+ NGOs write open letter to Zuckerberg to take 'decisive action' on Facebook India's biasIn the letter, dated September 9, the NGOs stated the link between content on Facebook and offline violence in India is 'no secret' but art...
10 Sep, 2020, 11.24 AM IST
View: State governments should crack down on hate speech on social mediaEarlier, hatemongers had only a limited audience in the form of an assembled crowd or pamphlets. Big media cut out hate speech. Till the 19...
08 Sep, 2020, 11.39 PM IST
Hate speech row: Congress wants Facebook to take action against its India executivesThe CPM supported Congress’ call for a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe, with party general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Monday sa...
18 Aug, 2020, 09.46 PM IST
Political slugfest: Congress-BJP trade barbs over WSJ report on FacebookThe massive political row was sparked by a report in the Wall Street Journal last week which alleged that senior Facebook executives had op...
16 Aug, 2020, 09.00 PM IST