nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/867502fe5f5c39bd DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 240411s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/867502fe5f5c39bd doi eng 342 23 Sekhri, Abhinav Author aut The Digital Public Square meets the Digital Baton - A Ten-Year Retrospective on Free Speech Law in India Sekhri, Abhinav Verfassungsblog 2024-04-11 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The value a society and its laws place on protecting free speech is arguably most keenly felt where that speech takes a critical turn. Which is why the history of this field is littered with prosecutions and penalties being levied against problematic speech, inviting courts to draw the lines between what is protected and what is not. The past ten years in India demonstrate that when faced with speech that is critical of government policy or state action, the state has become increasingly hesitant to let it remain on air. What is perhaps most alarming for the health of democracy is that, in most cases, there is often a synergy across the three arms of the State that curbing problematic speech is the best course of action to follow. CC BY-SA 4.0 Constitutional Law India India Indian Constitution (DE-588)1236319109 gnd India Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-digital-public-square-meets-the-digital-baton/ raw object