Supreme Court of India’s Role in Regulating Social Media Speech

• The Supreme Court of India is urging the Union government to regulate speech on social media.

• The court is urging the state to avoid encroaching on legal grey areas that undermine constitutional rights.

• The court is urging the state to avoid a trap of imagined righteousness that progressive democracies should avoid.

• The expansion of powers to police speech can lead to partisan interference, suppressing art and political speech, and stifling truths and ideas.

• The Union government has expanded its control of online speech, with the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, and an amendment to those Rules.

• The court is challenging the expansion of these ambitions, as hate speech and speech inciting violence against minorities are criminalized in India.

• The court’s pronouncements, which cite “misuse of freedom of speech,” misperceive their institutional role as protectors of rights under a clear constitutional framework.

SC Regulates Online Speech is important topic for Civil service exam (WBCS).

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