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Madurai: Catholic priest arrested for 'hate speech' against PM Modi, Amit
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 24 (ANI): A Catholic Priest was arrested in Madurai's Kallikudi on Saturday for allegedly making 'hate speech' against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and DMK ministers.
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15 Lakshadweep BJP members resign after sedition case filed against filmma
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], June 12 (ANI): About 15 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and workers in Lakshadweep resigned from the party after a sedition case was filed against filmmaker Aisha Sultana allegedly for her comments against the Centre's COVID-19 management in the unio
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Lakshadweep Police registers sedition case against filmmaker Aisha Sultana
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], June 11 (ANI): Lakshadweep police registered a case against filmmaker Aisha Sultana with charges of sedition and hate speech on Thursday.
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Karnataka-based activist group files complaint against Anil Vij for 'hatef
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 15 (ANI): A Karnataka-based group of activists called the Campaign Against Hate Speech on Monday filed a complaint against Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij for his alleged "hateful" tweet against Disha Ravi, a 21-year-old climate activist who was ar
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Instagram takes strict steps to restrain hate speech in direct messages
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
California [US], February 11 (ANI): If you are a social media user, who is tired of stressing over hateful comments in your Instagram direct messages, then here's what the photo-sharing application has changed for you.
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SC issues notice to Centre on plea seeking laws to regulate social media p
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Centre on a PIL seeking directions to make laws to regulate social media platforms and to hold Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram directly responsible for spreading hate speeches and fake news.
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Ex-RSS ideologue moves Delhi HC to implead I&B Ministry in ongoing cas
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 27(ANI): Former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ideologue KN Govindacharya on Wednesday moved an application in the Delhi High Court seeking to implead Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in the ongoing petition seeking removal of fake news and hate speech o
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Supreme Court issues notice to Centre, others on plea against electronic m
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Central government and others on Public Interest Litigation (PIL) for setting up an independent, regulatory tribunal or judicial-body, that can hear and expeditiously adjudicate upon a complaint against the
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Hyderabad police register case against Akbaruddin Owaisi, Bandi Sanjay for
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], November 28 (ANI): Hyderabad police have registered a suo motu case against All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Akbaruddin Owaisi and Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Bandi Sanjay Kumar in connection with alleged hate speech.
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Hold FB, Twitter, WhatsApp directly responsible for spreading hate, fake n
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 30 (ANI): A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to make laws to regulate social media platforms and to hold Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram directly responsible for spreading hate speeches and fake news.
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Pakistan's online spaces for dissent, freedom of expression shrinks, while
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 28 (ANI): Online space for dissent and freedom of expression has shrunk in Pakistan, while hate speech and digital surveillance has increased, informed a press statement from the Freedom Network group on Wednesday.
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Govt trying to put me in jail, alleges Kangana Ranaut after complaint agai
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 23 (ANI): Actor Kangana Ranaut on Friday said that "the government (is) trying to put me in jail" after a complaint was filed against the actor at a Mumbai court for "spreading hate and breaking the brotherhood, integrity of the country" through "provoki
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