By Ananya Dhawan The contemporary times are characterized by adoption of technology-driven systems in almost every aspect of life thereby reshaping civilisation in terms of work, education, entertainment, economy, and commerce, at a rapid pace. Blockchain is one such technology, the advent of which has caused a stir. While blockchain is a remarkable innovation, there … Continue reading The Dark Side of Blockchain Technology: Environmental Concerns and Mitigation Strategies
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Recommender Systems: Its Ethical Challenges Amidst The Nascence Of European Union And Indian Legal Landscape
By Ritvik Chouhan & Vaishnavi Tiwari Recommender Systems have become a humongous part of our digital space and in turn, our political reality because of their use as intermediaries. This technology, prima facie, has an innocent task to accomplish, i.e., to recommend to its users similar content that adheres to their liking but in doing … Continue reading Recommender Systems: Its Ethical Challenges Amidst The Nascence Of European Union And Indian Legal Landscape
Re-Inventing Contract Labour Under the Labour Reforms: Taking the Example of the Indian Information Technology Sector
By Rakshit Assudani Introduction For decades, the Indian labour industry has been characterised by the prevalence of contract labour. It was a frequent practice by the employers to hire contract labourers in place of regular workers, thereby acquiring labourers at a cheaper rate and escaping all the legal obligations relating to the regular workers. This … Continue reading Re-Inventing Contract Labour Under the Labour Reforms: Taking the Example of the Indian Information Technology Sector
The Need to Create and Regulate Data Entitlements
By Karthik Rai Introduction Data-generation and collection have been transformed due to the power of modern techniques. They subsequently process said data through big-data analytics to generate new forms of information. How data entitlements are regulated will, therefore, regulate technologies premised on it.[1] However, existing data-protection regimes aren’t clear on this issue, and this has … Continue reading The Need to Create and Regulate Data Entitlements
Artificial Intelligence: Potential For Use In The Healthcare Sector And The Legal Constraints
By Atrey Tripathi and Astha Shivhare This article was written before the publication of the Draft Health Data Management Policy. Introduction India’s recent initiative to join Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) as a founding member to support a responsible and human-centric development in use of Artificial Intelligence[1] (‘AI’) has shown that Indian government truly … Continue reading Artificial Intelligence: Potential For Use In The Healthcare Sector And The Legal Constraints
Protection of Personal Data of Users of Fantasy Sports Games
By Vibhav Krishna and Shambhavy Singh Introduction The world has been under the threat of COVID-19 for over six months now. With quarantine and lockdowns into effect, people have been finding different ways to stay positive and be productive. Internet has been one of the biggest reliefs in such times. Consequently, an industry which … Continue reading Protection of Personal Data of Users of Fantasy Sports Games
Copyright Complexities of Social Media’s Terms of Use : An Unending Debate?
Lokesh Vyas and Harshil Dureja Contextualisation : A Need for Revision? On 29 June, 2020, India banned 59 Chinese apps including Tiktok, citing that these platforms are “…engaged in activities which are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order.” The ban came amid continuing … Continue reading Copyright Complexities of Social Media’s Terms of Use : An Unending Debate?
A Case for the COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP)
By Sanya Zehra Rizvi Introduction On 29 May 2020, the World Health Organisation (‘WHO’), along with the Costa Rican Government launched the COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (‘C-TAP’) to promote universal accessibility to potential vaccines, technologies, diagnostic kits, etc.[1] It is “voluntary and based on social solidarity and aims to accelerate the discovery of vaccines, … Continue reading A Case for the COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP)
Indian Ban on Chinese Apps: a Tech–Armoured Retaliation or a Political Tactic?
By Navin Parik and Lokesh Vyas India with its massive tech savvy population is often referred to as a “golden bird” especially for any tech start up both in terms of popularity as well as growth[1]. This can be fathomed by AppAnnie’s recent report which shows India as the largest growing market worldwide for … Continue reading Indian Ban on Chinese Apps: a Tech–Armoured Retaliation or a Political Tactic?
Are Indian Laws Equipped To Deal With Deepfakes?
By Purvi Nema Digital disinformation in the form of fake news or morphed pictures/videos spread like wildfire on internet and especially on social media. Owing to the avid technology and vast connectivity on the social media platforms, it becomes difficult to check the authenticity of the news and control the spread before it reaches … Continue reading Are Indian Laws Equipped To Deal With Deepfakes?
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