India’s Plan to Curb Hate Speech Could Mean More Censorship
Jan 21, 2019•7 min
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Episode description
New rules proposed by the Indian government to rein in tech giants and combat fake news could have a profoundly chilling effect on free speech and privacy online. The proposed changes involve Section 79 of the IT Act, a safe harbor protection for internet “intermediaries” that’s akin to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act in the US.
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