DIGITAL DEMOCRACY OR DIGITAL CENSORSHIP? AN ANALYSIS OF KARNATAKA’S DRAFT FAKE NEWS LAW

DIGITAL DEMOCRACY OR DIGITAL CENSORSHIP? AN ANALYSIS OF KARNATAKA’S DRAFT FAKE NEWS LAW Anushka Anand, B.A.LL. B (Hons), 9th Semester, Amity University Madhya Pradesh, India Yash Vardhan Singh, B.A.LL. B (Hons), 9th Semester, Amity University Madhya Pradesh, India Download Manuscript doi.org/10.70183/lijdlr.2025.v03.201 “Freedom of speech is the bulwark of democracy; it is the first condition of “Freedom of speech is the bulwark of democracy; it is the first condition of liberty.” — Justice Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar, Former Chief Justice of India. The emergence of digital platforms has changed our relationship to communication, there is little to no distinction among the spaces of political propaganda, citizen expression, and journalism.