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Gagging the new media

The Indian Constitution guarantees right to freedom of speech and expression. But it also gives the State the power to impose “reasonable restrictions” on the exercise of this right in the interests of “public order, decency or morality”. That, in turn, has formed the basis for official censorship, extending occasionally to outright muzzling of the media, or selective persecution of those not presenting ruling regimes in the most favourable light. 

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