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Lighter penalties, but little relief for free speech

The government’s revised cyber protection law draft proposes lower penalties for some speech offences but retains non-bailable provisions for spreading rumours and online belittling. It also retains the proposal to remove mandatory tribunal approval for blocking content and grants immunity to offici

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    The government’s revised cyber protection law draft proposes lower penalties for some speech offences but retains non-bailable provisions for spreading rumours and online belittling. It also retains the proposal to remove mandatory tribunal approval for blocking content and grant

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