Court grants bail to YouTuber ‘Sattai’ Duraimurugan
The Hindu
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court observed that while the freedom of speech and expression was an internationally recognised right, it was not regarded as absolute, when there was a conflict with other rights and protections
Hate speech has affected freedom of speech and expression widely in recent times, and has given rise to social unrest and public disturbance, observed the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court while granting bail to YouTuber ‘Sattai’ Duraimurugan.
Justice K. Murali Shankar observed that social networking had become the most ordinary tool for spreading hate speech. “The freedom of speech and expression is an internationally recognised right. However, freedom of speech is not regarded as absolute, when the same conflicts with other rights and protections.”