India’s apex court on Tuesday struck down a contentious clause of the Indian Information Technology (IT) Act of 2000, which curtailed freedom of expression online. The move to revoke the draconian law is considered a major boost to free speech on the Internet. Section 66A of the IT Act, which defined the punishment for offensive messages…

India’s top court has struck down a law that gave authorities powers to jail people for offensive online posts, a verdict praise as a victory for free speech in the world’s largest growth market for the internet. Judges ruled on Tuesday that found the Section 66A of the country’s Information and Technology Act “hit at the…