FCRA: A Stitch Too ManyIt their zeal to weed out foreign influence, successive governments may have placed too much burden on scarce national resourcesMar 5, 2023Mar 5, 2023
Unencrypted Too FarInstitutions can help find complex balance between privacy and online safety. India’s IT Rules do not meet good institutional design.Aug 13, 2021Aug 13, 2021
Published inCodeXA Deeply Colonial InternetNew report by Pollicy highlights nine modes of economic extractivism from Africa that are abetted by the rise of tech companies.Jul 8, 2021Jul 8, 2021
Strategic Litigation | Not Always RosyOn 11 June, I moderated a panel discussion on the promise and perils of strategic litigation on digital rights. Here’s what I learnt.Jun 17, 2021Jun 17, 2021
IT Rules | The Gradual EncroachmentNew rules provide the government unaccountable power over free online speech, violating separation of power from an erstwhile judicial roleApr 19, 2021Apr 19, 2021
4 Mar ‘21: Responsible Tech BulletinBringing a framework for consent managers while the privacy bill is still not there can create confusion. For e.g., privacy bill says data…Mar 4, 2021Mar 4, 2021
XX Feb ’21: Responsible Tech Bulletin (Africa)Digital Rights Lawyers Initiative filed a class action suit against FinTech apps that access a person’s contact list and threaten to send…Feb 9, 2021Feb 9, 2021
Published inResponsible Tech Bulletin9 Feb ’21: Responsible Tech BulletinBy dissecting six cases ranging from porn ban to streaming services regulation, @VrindaBhandari and @anjakovacs find that efforts aimed at…Feb 9, 2021Feb 9, 2021
22 Jan ‘20: Responsible Tech Bulletin (Africa)Round-up of content from Omidyar Network’s Africa Responsible Tech partners. Features DRLI, Paradigm, CIPIT, Research ICT Africa, and…Jan 22, 2021Jan 22, 2021
Published inResponsible Tech Bulletin18 Jan ’21: Responsible Tech BulletinOnline consent is broken, but we finally have clues about what could work instead. My op-ed in Indian Express.Jan 18, 2021Jan 18, 2021