BJP yesterday said Internet must be governed as it is “extremely important” for governance but it should done in a way that does not compromise on the spirit of freedom of speech and expression. “Internet is extremely important and since it is extremely important for governance also, because every person is within the ambit of…
BJP yesterday said Internet must be governed as it is “extremely important” for governance but it should done in a way that does not compromise on the spirit of freedom of speech and expression. “Internet is extremely important and since it is extremely important for governance also, because every person is within the ambit of…
Alexandra Fuller, author of Leaving Before The Rains Come, recently spoke at an event at the Seattle Public Library. In the podcast, Fuller says this book, her fourth, is the most scary to speak about because it is about her. In her first two books, Fuller wrote about her mother. Throwing her mother’s character under…
Freedom of speech is under threat today. Not only in Europe, where I come from. But also here, in America. The last time I was in the United States was less than two weeks ago. I was in Garland, Texas, where I gave the keynote speech at a contest of Muhammad cartoons. The contest was…
Freedom of the press is only part of freedom of expression. Freedom of expression includes your and my freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds. Freedom of expression underpins our way of life in New Zealand, it enables liberal democracy, religious and non-relgious observance, science and reason and innovation in…