Freedom Of Expression

Earlier this month, about 26 activist organisations and NGOs signed a letter to Twitter advertisers asking them to boycott the platform if Musk makes content moderation changes

The Twitter deal may only move ownership from one set of private hands to another, but the fact that the world's richest (and controversial) billionaire is involved seems to make it worse

Musk was responding to a tweet about board members' stock holdings, saying that with the departure of Jack Dorsey, the board "collectively owns almost no shares."

Naidu called for observing decency in public utterances and said that writers and thinkers are expected to create intellectual discourse in society, not trigger controversies

Activist Sudha Bharadwaj, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, was on Thursday released from a prison here on bail, after spending three years in jail

China's violations against its own international commitments to freedom of opinion and expression has significantly increased under the current regime.

On Constitution Day, he calls dynastic parties the biggest threat to functioning of democracy

Repealing 124A should be seen as a starting point

Sedition law isn't just a colonial hangover. It's a convenient weapon for under-performing governments to conflate themselves with the nation and use against critics

The state is tightening its control over what we read, watch, hear or laugh at, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar. Why not facilitate our soft power instead of clamping down on its strengths?

Delhi High Court raises the bar on UAPA application

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Tuesday

The values the G7 espouses must be followed

Some of Indian government's actions, including restrictions on freedom of expression, have raised concerns that are inconsistent with the country's democratic values, a top US official has said

It threatens to withhold pensions of officers retiring from security and intelligence agencies, if they write in the media relying on their 'domain knowledge' without permission.

Founders of Ashoka University, which has been at the centre of an academic freedom debate following two high profile resignations, on Monday said they respect the autonomy of the institution

A pioneer in liberal education takes a hard knock

Over 100 faculty signatories request the vice chancellor to ask Mehta to rescind his resignation

Tharoor on Tuesday said that university campuses, in the last few years, have no longer remained inclusive spaces that safeguard freedom of expression

We can complain about undermining of institutions, misuse of agencies, discriminatory laws, use of sedition, rail-roading of legislation. But, on all key issues, Congress is MIA