印度最高法院阻止警方针对社交媒体批评政府、保护言论自由的自动行动。 India's Supreme Court blocks automatic police action against social media criticism of government, protecting free speech.

印度最高法院维持Telangana高等法院的一项裁决, 阻止警方针对批评政府或首席部长的社交媒体职位采取自动行动。 The Supreme Court of India has upheld a Telangana High Court ruling that blocks automatic police action against social media posts criticizing the government or chief minister. 准则要求事先得到司法批准,进行初步调查,以确认申诉人是否“遭到迫害”,并禁止仅仅因政治讽刺或异议而逮捕申诉人,这些言论受到言论自由的保护。 The guidelines require prior judicial approval, a preliminary inquiry to confirm if the complainant is "aggrieved," and prohibit arrests for mere political satire or dissent, which are protected under free speech. 只有在言论明显煽动暴力或威胁公共秩序的情况下,才可能提出刑事指控。 Criminal charges may only proceed if speech clearly incites violence or threatens public order. 法院确认了高等法院的保障措施,驳回了国家推翻这些保障措施的企图,并强调指出,基于社交媒体内容的自动情报和逮捕违反了相称性和宪法权利。 The court affirmed the High Court’s safeguards, rejecting the state’s attempt to overturn them, and emphasized that automatic FIRs and arrests based on social media content violate proportionality and constitutional rights.