Freedom Of Expression

India Has Rights Issues, Situation Improving In J&K: US State Department

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday March 31, 2021

India has several significant human rights issues, including restrictions on freedom of expression and the press, corruption and tolerance of violations of religious freedom, a report of the US state department said on Tuesday. The report notes that the government has taken steps to improve the human rights situation in Jammu and Kashmir and restor...

Top Court Order To Cancel Case Against Me Upholds Freedom Of Expression: Meghalaya Editor

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday March 27, 2021

Padma Shri awardee and senior journalist Patricia Mukhim on Friday said that the Supreme Court order to quash an FIR lodged against her over a Facebook post gives hope to people across the country and upholds freedom of expression, which is important in a democracy.

University Campuses Have No Longer Remained Inclusive Spaces: Shashi Tharoor

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday March 16, 2021

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said that university campuses, in the last few years, have no longer remained inclusive spaces that safeguard freedom of expression and individual liberties, and stressed on the need to replace narrow-minded identities with a willingness to embrace differences.

University Campuses Have No Longer Remained Inclusive Spaces: Shashi Tharoor

Education | Reported by Press Trust of India | Tuesday March 16, 2021

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said that university campuses, in the last few years, have no longer remained inclusive spaces that safeguard freedom of expression and individual liberties.

Clubhouse Blocked in Oman Due to Lack of Permit, but Some Fear Censorship

Reuters | Tuesday March 16, 2021

Oman blocked US audio app Clubhouse because it did not have the right permit, authorities said, but some activists described the move as a further erosion of freedom of expression in the Gulf state.

"Committed To Freedom Of Expression": US Amid Twitter Row In India

India News | ANI | Thursday February 11, 2021

The US reiterated its commitment to supporting democratic values including freedom of expressionwhile commenting on Twitter blocking nearly 500 accounts after receiving orders from the Indian government.

Twitter Lists Action Taken After India's Notice, Underlines Free Speech

India News | Reported by Roobina Mongia, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday February 10, 2021

Twitter, ordered by the government to block 1,178 accounts for allegedly spreading misinformation on the farmer protests and provocative content, said today it had withheld a portion of the accounts and within India only. The US social media giant also said it had not taken any action on accounts of media, journalists, activists and politicians as ...

Google, Facebook, Twitter, More Tech Giants Threaten to Leave Pakistan Over Censorship Rules

Associated Press | Saturday November 21, 2020

Internet and technology companies have threatened to leave Pakistan after the government granted blanket powers to authorities to censor digital content, a move critics say was aimed at curtailing freedom of expression in the conservative Islamic nation.

Kuwait Retail Firms Remove French Products Over Prophet Cartoon

World News | Reuters | Monday October 26, 2020

Kuwait's retail co-ops have pulled French products in boycott over the use of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in a French school class on freedom of expression whose teacher was then beheaded by a Chechen teenager.

"They Want To Silence The Nation": Sonia Gandhi's New Attack On Centre

India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Saturday August 29, 2020

Divisive forces are spreading hatred through the India, freedom of expression is at stake and the country is in a crisis that none of its founding fathers would have imagined, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said on Saturday.

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France to Force Web Giants to Delete Some Content Within the Hour

Reuters | Thursday May 14, 2020

Twitter France public affairs chief Audrey Herblin-Stoop said the company would continue to work closely with the government to build a safer Internet and fight against illegal hate speech, while protecting an open internet, freedom of expression and fair competition.

Facebook Sees Risks to Innovation, Freedom of Expression Ahead of EU Rules

Reuters | Tuesday February 18, 2020

Facebook warned of threats to innovation and freedom of expression on Monday, ahead of the release of a raft of rules by the European Union this week and in the coming months to rein in U.S. and Chinese tech companies.

Shiv Sena's "Separate Yardsticks" Attack On BJP Involves Shivaji Book, JNU

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday January 15, 2020

The Shiv Sena on Wednesday questioned its former ally BJP's "separate yardsticks" of "freedom of expression" on the JNU violence and the controversial book comparing Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

Turkey Top Court Rules Wikipedia Ban Breaches Free Speech

Reuters | Friday December 27, 2019

Turkey's Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that a more than two-year block on access to online encyclopaedia Wikipedia in the country is a violation of freedom of expression.