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		boomboomsubban 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Wikipedia article blocked worldwide by Delhi high ... How can they claim defamation when the original sentence said "(ANI has) been accused of...?" The bar of truth for that statement is absurdly low.

oxguy3 9 months ago [–]

Defamation law in India is pretty bad and leans way more in favor of someone making an accusation of defamation than in favor of free and open speech. https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/rahul-gandhi-cr...

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