Editor’s Letter: From hate speech to free speech, India is failing to walk the social media tightrope

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Online discourse in India is heading in a worrying direction, where only the powerful have their interests protected, writes Adam Withnall

Prashant Bhushan was convicted of contempt for criticising the Supreme Court of India and its chief justice in a pair of tweets.

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