Warning that delays can erase crucial digital evidence, the court said police must respond with equal urgency to complaints about unlawful online content, regardless of political affiliation. Justice Victoria L Gowri said that the freedom of speech does not protect online content amounting to crime. (Image enhanced using AI) Justice Victoria L Gowri said that the freedom of speech does not protect online content amounting to crime. The petitioner argued that the online content crossed the permissible limits of political criticism and amounted to slanderous and indecent material intended to insult and defame Seeman. “In cyber-related offences, delay often results in disappearance of electronic evidence, alteration of online content and difficulty in tracing digital footprints.