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In a welcome development for people who care about liberty, Australia's government suspended its efforts to censor the planet. The country's officials suffered pushback from X (formerly Twitter) and condemnation by free speech advocates after attempting to block anybody, anywhere from seeing video of an attack at a Sydney church. At least for the moment, they've conceded defeat based, in part, on recognition that X is protected by American law, making censorship efforts unenforceable. A Censor Throws In the Towel"I have decided to discontinue the proceedings in the Federal Court against X Corp...
Reason
By Archis Chowdhury YouTube failed to act on hate speech and misinformation violations by far-right channel Sudarshan News, and instead shared ad revenue with the channel, reveals a report shared exclusively with Decode. The report - a joint effort by Dalit Solidarity Forum, Indian American Muslim Council, India Civil Watch International, Hindus for Human Rights, and Tech Justice Law Project - highlights 26 videos published by Sudarshan News, that were reported for violating YouTube's policies on hate speech, misinformation and monetisation, leading up to and during the recently concluded Lok ...
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Das Attentat auf den slowakischen Ministerpräsidenten Robert Fico könnte das ohnehin gespaltene politische Lager in der Slowakei noch weiter polarisieren, warnen prominente Politiker des Landes. Lucia Štasselová, Gemeinderätin in Bratislava, sagte, Hassreden seien der Grund für den Vorfall. Hassreden als Grund für das Attentat"Der Grund, warum das passiert ist, ist, dass Hassreden im öffentlichen Raum weit verbreitet sind und unsere Politiker nichts dagegen unternehmen." Auch Gábor Grendel, Abgeordneter der Oppositionspartei Slowakische Bewegung, kritisierte die Gewalt. "Beide politischen Seit...
Euronews (German)
The attempt on Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico's life on Wednesday triggered an intense wave of hateful and toxic comments online, according to data compiled by Slovak start-up Elv.ai. The organisation found that on the day of the assassination, hateful comments — which can include vulgar language, hate speech, racism, xenophobia, threats, as well as justification of the attack — increased by 60% compared to their entire monitoring database. Previously, the level of toxicity in online comments reached its highest during the Slovakian presidential elections in March and April, with Elv.ai ...
Euronews (English)
This week, we are joined by Els Bruggeman, Head of Policy at Euroconsumers, Roderick Kefferpütz, director of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung and Ailbhe Finn, Executive Director of European Liberal Forum. With one month to the European Parliament elections, the panel touch on topics they think could bring people to the polls. "By far our number 1 is cost of living and inflation, but also energy prices, the wars, climate change", Els Bruggeman said adding that the relationship with Brussels and people is 'complicated', that people have high expectations for Europe but a kind of love/hate relationship...
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By Vipul Kumar In July 2023, Himachal Pradesh and parts of Uttarakhand were reeling under severe floods. Tanushree Pandey - a journalist from Delhi, was in the field to report from these two ecologically-sensitive North Indian states that are increasingly in the crosshairs of climate change. Tanushree was stranded on the outskirts of Delhi held up by an unregulated Kanwar Yatra on the highway. The Kanwar Yatra is an annual pilgrimage where, mostly young Hindu men who are devotees of the Hindu god Shiva, carry water from the river Ganges and other shrines. A few hours after being stuck, Tanushr...
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By Hera Rizwan A few weeks following Substack co-founder Hamish McKenzie's defense of the company's choice to permit Nazi content, the newsletter publishing plaform has now agreed to remove some of the publications that endorse Nazi ideologies. Founded in 2017 in San Francisco, Substack has evolved into a central platform for journalism and online blogging. It simplifies the publication of email newsletters, enabling writers to retain 90% of their sales, while the company takes a 10% commission. However, a few writers who have been using Substack to establish email newsletter businesses have l...
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By Vipul Kumar On February 19, on the occasion of Shivaji Jayanti, T Raja Singh, a suspended BJP MLA from Telangana said, “Don't leave a single love jihadi alive in Maharashtra. Our sisters are being trapped by love jihad. They are being made into a machine for childbirth. Any sister who does not obey is being cut into 35 pieces”. Eight days later, the Latur police filed an FIR under sections 153A (Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, and language), 153B (punishment against imputations and assertions prejudicial to national integrat...
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By Ritika Jain Supreme Court on Wednesday observed it “was necessary” to issue notice of contempt against states that failed to act against hate speech. It was important for the message to go that the Supreme Court has passed orders that are defined and the same must be implemented, the bench observed. The Supreme Court's observation comes a day after the bench said, "Abjuring hate speech is a fundamental requisite for the maintenance of communal harmony." Today, while taking a dim view of hate speech spouted at rallies in Maharashtra, the bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathana said th...
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By Ritika Jain Supreme Court Constitution Bench held that additional restrictions cannot be imposed on a lawmaker's right to free speech. However, Justice BV Nagarathna dissented on certain points and observed that considering the impact they have on the masses, public functionaries and celebrities must be circumspect in what they say in public. The majority verdict—authored by Justice V Ramasubramanian and concurred by Justices S Abdul Nazeer, AS Bopanna, and BR Gavai—further said a government cannot be held vicariously liable for statements made by its ministers. The Supreme Court's verdict ...
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