The SHASN Debate is the country’s new premiere platform for the art of civilized debate. The country’s leading thinkers, policymakers, advocates, and entrepreneurs argue about the most important problems of our times.

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The SHASN Debate
By Faye D’Souza
Created by Zain Memon
Produced by Anand Gandhi

The motion for our first episode is “Free Speech: Complete Freedom or Necessary Restrictions?”

Participants:
Apar Gupta - Lawyer, Co-founder/Director, Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF)
LinkedIn:   / apar1984  
X (Twitter):   / apar1984  
Instagram:   / apar1984  
Whatsapp Channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaCM...

Samyak Chakrabarty - Founder and Chief Architect, Workverse.
LinkedIn:   / samyak-chakrabarty-5240266  
Instagram:   / samyak_chakrabarty  

Produced by Shreya Dudheria and Vinay Shukla
Curated by Tammanna Aurora
Hosted at IFBE, Ballard Estate, Fort, Mumbai
Line Producer: Sagar Gujarati
Associate Producers: Aakriti Saproo and Janvi Shukla
Art Director: Alisha Coelho Perreira
VFX and Animation: Shiva Paswan
Assistant Graphic Designer: Yash Patel
Editor: Mangesh Shelke
Editorial: Aayush Asthana
Fact Check Desk: Shristi Srivastava, Tammanna Aurora, Oamkaar Sadarangani
Fact Check Partner: Beetroot News
Team IFBI: Maitreyi Mittal, Sarita Vijayan
Title Sequence Animation: Sunakshi Puri
Title Sequence Footage: The Refinery
Subtitles: Sakshi Shivpuri

Play SHASN Now! Get it here: https://tinyurl.com/shasn-debate-Faye

Fact Check Links:
Internet Shutdown: https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/06/14...
Bal Thackery Death:
https://www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...
Shaheen Dhada and Rinu Shrinivasan Arrest:
https://www.npr.org/2012/11/29/166118....
Lokniti CSDS Survey:
https://ruralindiaonline.org/en/libra...
US Constitution First Amendment:
https://constitution.congress.gov/con...
Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8...
Kejriwal on Tablighi Jamaat:
https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-...
Section 66A of IT Act:
https://indianexpress.com/article/ind....
Parliament Passing Bills:
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/...
I&B Ministry’s Regulation:
https://indianexpress.com/article/exp...