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January 2013
Court to hear 'hate speech' plea against Owaisi
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FIR against Honey Singh
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Case against Zee News for revealing rape-victim's identity
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Delhi gang-rape case: Delhi court orders in-camera trial; gags media
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Police drop activist from programme after Sena threat
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Delhi court issues fresh summonses against 11 US-based websites, including Facebook and Google
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Hate speech maker Owaisi finally in jail
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Notices issued to four local TV channels in Owaisi case
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Sony asked to drop Crime Patrol show on gangrape
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Owaisi's aides clash with media, police
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FB case: Police skip Sec. 66(A)
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‘Inflammatory’ poem by cop: Inquiry ordered
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Shiv Sena objects to closing Facebook case against Palghar girls
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Artiste in a spot over ‘maa, mati, manush’
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Case against BJP's Ram Jethmalani for his controversial remarks on Lord Ram
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City cops to monitor you on social media
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Theatre fest takes hit, plays by two Pakistani groups cancelled
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Complaint against student for circulating anti-Mamata cartoon
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Pakistani group stages play despite cancellation by NSD
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TV actor arrested for emailing nude photos of himself
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Muslim organisations demand ban on 'Vishwaroopam'
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Defamation case against Shinde for 'Hindu terror' remarks
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‘Vishwaroopam’ screening banned in Tamil Nadu for security reasons
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Ban on 'Dam 999' in TN to stay: SC
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Vishwaroopa 'ban' in hyderabad, Bangalore too
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Police case filed against 5 youth for lewd comments on women in Facebook
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Case filed against Nandy over corruption comment at JLF
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Maoists ban music systems during marriage functions
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HC lifts TN ban on Vishwaroopam
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Rushdie 'banished' from Calcutta
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February 2013
First girl band stops shows after online threats, CM orders probe
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Raising social issues no crime: HC
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Govt can’t blackmail media with advertisements: Katju
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I&B Ministry sets up panel to examine Censor Board issues
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Now, Mani Ratnam's 'Kadal' faces protest by Christian outfit
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Police file FIR against online attackers of Kashmir girl band
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Nude paintings removed from B'lore show
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Attack on reporter - Assaulters are Indian Taliban, say protestors
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3 held for online threats to Kashmir's all-girl band
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‘Item songs’ to be barred from TV
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SC protects Nandy, raps him for being irresponsible
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Blanket gag on media in Kashmir
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Chhattisgarh scribe's murder : Maoists suspected
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DoT order to block 73 urls on IIPM content after court order
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Hackers bring down IIPM website
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Man held for Facebook posts targeting PM, Sibal and Mulayam
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Cop held for trying to access Jaitley’s call records
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55 More Facebook URLs DoT Wants Blocked
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SC sets up team to analyse Radia tapes
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111 booked for anti-Kurien comments on Facebook
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Censor Board Blocks Bengali Movie Critical of Mamata
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Court grants bail to arrested youth in FB case
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Varun Gandhi acquitted in one of two hate speech cases
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March 2013
Section 66A of IT Act challenged as 'unconstitutional', Court seeks centre's reply
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Gwalior court lifts ban on ‘defamatory’ IIPM stories
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Varun Gandhi Acquitted in Another Hate Speech Case
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Meerut lawyers petition against Jolly LLB
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AI cabin crew move high court against cyber cops' action
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Google says India makes 13 requests a day for web user data
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Journalists thrashed by CRPF in Kashmir
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Acid attack on Maharashtra scribe, kin
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One-member panel to probe acid attack on journalist
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Mumbai cops launch lab to keep tabs on social media lab
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Ban sought for Race 2 over nudity, vulgarity
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House out to gag media, rag police
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HC allows media coverage of gang-rape trial
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Microsoft admits revealing subscriber data to govt
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TV journo, actor assaulted: holi raindance amidst drought
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Tension, stone-pelting in Bhiwandi : FB post
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NIT students face suspension over Facebook comment
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April 2013
Policemen take it out on scribe at Naveen Nivas
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Songsters court arrest, protest silencing of dessent
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Sadda Haq banned by Punjab government
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'Gounder' community seeks ban on Prakash Raj's 'Gouravam'
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Hindu outfit forces artist to take painting off exhibition
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SC notice :PIL for curbs on hate speeches
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Student expelled for abusive content on FB confession page
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Ulfa hawks ban Hindi songs during Bihu
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Karnataka files FIR against Maharashtra Home Minister
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Sadda Haq producer moves Supreme Court against ban
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Make watching porn non-bailable offence: PIL in SC
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Criminal case filed against Eshwarappa for “hate speech”
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Murderous Assault on Chhattisgarh scribe
Assam singer belts out Hindi songs, ULFA warns him for defying diktat
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Bombay HC reprieve for Salman Khan in plea against channel
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Ban on Sadda Haq: Heated arguments in SC today
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Brutal attack by armed police on TV reporter Amitabh Patra
Mangalore newspaper copies burned, distribution disrupted

May 2013
Hate speech case: former minister Anbumani Ramadoss arrested
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US snubs India over case against Google, Facebook
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Sena men get 2 months in jail for hate speech
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'Shootout at Wadala' faces ban in Punjab after protests
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Case against Dhoni for 'hurting' religious sentiments
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Central Monitoring System - government privy to phone calls, text messages
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Valmikis halt screening of ‘Shootout at Wadala’
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MouthShut.com Approaches SC To Safeguard Freedom Of Expression
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3 jawans killed in attack near DD
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Bansal 'threatens' scribe: Press Club seeks apology
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PUCL leader sent to Jail over 'objectionable' FB post
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Supreme Court to hear plea against Vindhyala arrest
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No arrest for posts on social sites without permission: SC
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Honey Singh booked for obscenity
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FIR filed against Facebook for not discontinuing hate page
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