The wonderment grows when we are to peruse the social media cases that have been considered “repugnant to public order and morality”. This list is quite extensive and spans various governments’ dubious records on free speech. In fact, the more controlled speech is, the greater has been the immunity and impunity of political power. The proposition that more law would lead to more order becomes a recipe for more moralised political control, more paternalism and more statism. We need to remember that free speech preconditions the realisation of many of our claims and entitlements.

Source: Indian Express October 23, 2017 19:25 UTC