Twitter and Online Speech

<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">Are private corporations such as Twitter obliged to uphold constitutional freedoms? And why should they? Who constitutes the ‘community’ in the ‘community standards’ used to regulate online speech? Welcome to the evolving jurisprudence on the balance between private firms, constitutional freedoms and the sovereignty of the state! We look at a 2020 case where Twitter arbitrarily suspended an account of a Supreme Court advocate. Plus, starting this week, we also start on a long trek on the short history of the fundamental rights to property, Article 31 and 19(1)(f) which were repealed in 1978. </p><p>Tune in! </p><p><strong>On Digital Rights: </strong></p><ol><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="bulleted"><p><u><a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/india-it-rules-2021-amendments-social-media-explained-7958000/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/india-it-rules-2021-amendments-social-media-explained-7958000/</a></u></p></li><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="bulleted"><p><u><a href="https://internetfreedom.in/india-75-digital-rights-ka-amrit-mahotsav/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://internetfreedom.in/india-75-digital-rights-ka-amrit-mahotsav/</a></u></p></li></ol><p><strong>On the Fundamental Right to Property: </strong></p><ol><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="bulleted"><p>Wahi, Namrata, 2016, “Property”, in Choudhry, Sujit (et al), <em><a href="https://oxcon.ouplaw.com/view/10.1093/law/9780198704898.001.0001/law-9780198704898" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution</a></em>, (OUP: New Delhi). </p></li></ol><p><strong>On ‘in the interests of public order as a ‘reasonable restriction’: </strong></p><ol><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="bulleted"><p>Bhatia, Gautam, 2016, <em>Offend, Shock, or Disturb: Free Speech under the Indian Constitution</em>, (New Delhi: OUP). Chapter 3. </p></li><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="bulleted