Guest Post: The Case Against Requiring Social Media Companies to Proactively Monitor for ‘Anti-Judiciary Content’

This post is authored by Dhruv Bhatnagar Through an order dated July 19, 2022 (“Order”), Justice G.R. Swaminathan of the Madras High Court initiated proceedings for criminal contempt against YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar. The genesis of this case is a tweet in which Shankar questioned who Justice Swaminathan met before delivering a verdict quashing criminal proceedings […]