“These efforts have demanded that more than a dozen publications amend or fully remove references to the original Appin Technology’s alleged illegal hacking or, in some cases, mentions of that company’s cofounder, Rajat Khare.”
A Delhi court ordered Reuters to pull its Appin investigation before anyone argued over whether it was true. Appin Training Centers then waved that order at Techdirt and MuckRock as if it were a global takedown. Reuters says the group was created solely for the lawsuit. One friendly judge in one country should not get to edit the whole internet, and the SPEECH Act says it can’t.