Can you be arrested for a Facebook post? What are the laws which govern freedom of expression on the Internet? This episode of The Longest Constitution looks at 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, and this provision allowed the arbitrary arrest and prosecution of several writers, artists, and generally, regular people! With this episode, we also wrap up the Bhopal Gas Tragedy and conclude how more than an American company, it was the Indian government that let the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy down. And lastly, we look at how freedom to expression also includes the right to receive information.

Freedom of expression:

1. https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-the-shreya-singhal-case-that-struck-down-section-66a-of-it-act-7408366/

2. https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/sec-66a-21-individuals-who-changed-the-system-2325682/

Bhopal gas tragedy:

1. https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/A-traffic-accident-in-Bhopal/article13582174.ece

2. https://www.india-seminar.com/semframe.html

Divan, Shyam and Armin Rosencraz, (ed) (2001), Environmental law and policy in India, New Delhi: OUP. Chapter 13.

The right to receive information:

1. https://globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/cases/peoples-union-of-civil-liberties-pucl-v-union-of-india/

2. https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha-2019/43-newly-elected-lok-sabha-mps-have-criminal-record-adr/article27253649.ece

3. https://globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/cases/union-india-uoi-v-respondent-association-democratic-reforms-another-peoples-union-civil-liberties-pucl-another-v-union-india-uoi-another/

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