Which IT Act section was struck down in Shreya Singhal?
Chapter 1

Power to the people

Chapter 2

Courts versus governments

Chapter 3

Privacy in the digital age

Chapter 4

Freedom of speech and press

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Master of Landmark supreme court cases

Ch 4 · Freedom of speech and press
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schopenhauer Protecting the press from massive libel lawsuits

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schopenhauer Armbands and student protests in the classroom

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The banned spy memoir that shook Britain

schopenhauer The UK House of Lords cleared newspapers to publish extracts of a banned memoir written by a former MI5 agent.

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Striking down online censorship in India

schopenhauer India's Supreme Court struck down a law that allowed police to arrest citizens for posting offensive comments online.

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Freedom of speech and press
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schopenhauer Freedom of speech and press

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Fun Fact

Armband protest: The black armbands that sparked the historic 1969 Tinker v. Des Moines school protest cost only a few cents to make out of cheap cloth.

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Glossary
prior restraint (noun)
Censorship imposed, usually by a government, on expression before it can actually take place. The Supreme Court disallowed this practice in the 1971 Pentagon Papers ruling.

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Gossip

Should social media platforms be allowed to ban users for offensive speech?

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Quiz

Which section of India's Information Technology Act was struck down in the 2015 Shreya Singhal case?

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Who wrote the controversial intelligence memoir Spycatcher that the British government tried to ban in 1987?

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What legal standard did the US Supreme Court establish in the 1964 New York Times Co. v. Sullivan case?

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What was the name of the banned MI5 memoir at the center of the UK's historic 1987 press freedom case?

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What was the vote count in the US Supreme Court's landmark 1969 Tinker v. Des Moines decision?

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What did the students wear to school to protest the Vietnam War in the 1969 Tinker v. Des Moines case?

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Which US constitutional amendment protects the freedom of speech and the press?

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Which article of the Indian Constitution protects the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression?

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