‘Citizens must know the value of free speech and expression’: SC flags divisive content on social media; urges self-regulation, not over-censorship | India News

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday stated that citizens must recognise the value of freedom of speech and expression and called for practising self-regulation as it considered guidelines to regulate offensive posts on social media. A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and K V Viswanathan was hearing the case of Wazahat Khan, who…

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Right to free speech doesn’t cover hate: SC notice to 5 states; Centre on Wazahat Khan’s plea to club cases | India News

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court stressed Monday that “hate speech” is not covered under freedom of expression, even as it restrained police from four states from arresting Wazahat Khan, who was instrumental in the arrest of social media influencer Sharmistha Panoli for her communal posts on Pahalgam killings. FIRs have been lodged against him for…

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