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Elon Musk’s X challenges India ruling on content blocking, cites censorship risk

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Elon Musk’s X challenges India ruling on content blocking, cites censorship risk

[ad_1] Social media platform X is seeking to quash a court ruling that it was not compliant with government orders to remove content, arguing it could embolden New Delhi to block more content and broaden the scope for censorship.X, formerly known as Twitter, in July 2022 sought to overturn government orders to remove some content from its platform. A court in June 2023 quashed that request and imposed a fine of 5 million rupees ($60,560). X has now appealed against that decision, arguing in a 96-page filing that the government "will be emboldened to issue more blocking orders" that violate law. The filing, which was dated Aug. 1 but has not been posted publicly, was submitted by local law firm Poovayya & Co at the Karnataka High Court. The original lawsuit predates X's ownership by ...

Supreme Court backs free speech rules in online stalking case

[ad_1] The US Supreme Court sided with free speech advocates Tuesday in ruling that a man's online harassment of a country singer could only be deemed illegally threatening if he knew it could be understood as such.The high court overruled the Colorado conviction of Billy Counterman for making what the western US state deemed threats among the thousands of unwelcome Facebook messages he sent to country singer Coles Whalen from 2014 to 2016. True threats are not protected by the US Constitution's guarantee of free speech rights. The Colorado court found based on state laws that Counterman's messages to Whalen -- such as writing "die, don't need you" and "staying in cyber life is going to kill you" -- could be objectively considered threats.Counterman's attorney turned to the Supreme Cour...

LEAKED! Shah Rukh Khan film Jawan available online?

[ad_1] Shah Rukh Khan has made his fans go gaga with the release of Pathaan. He has garnered immense love with a huge box office collections that are as high as ₹500 crore. And now, when everyone is eagerly waiting for his upcoming movie titled Jawan, the clippings of the film have been reportedly leaked on social networking platforms like Twitter and Facebook. As per reports, the Delhi High Court has asked social media platforms to take down all the clips of the film. It has even ordered that Jawan film clippings not be copied, recorded, displayed or released in any manner whatsover without proper licence. According to a report by NDTV, "Delhi High Court has restrained several rogue websites and internet service providers from copying, recording, displaying or releasing any stills, so...