Internet Governance Blog
Content takedown and users' rights
— by Torsha Sarkar, Gurshabad Grover — last modified Feb 17, 2020 05:18 AMAfter Shreya Singhal v Union of India, commentators have continued to question the constitutionality of the content takedown regime under Section 69A of the IT Act (and the Blocking Rules issued under it). There has also been considerable debate around how the judgement has changed this regime: specifically about (i) whether originators of content are entitled to a hearing, (ii) whether Rule 16 of the Blocking Rules, which mandates confidentiality of content takedown requests received by intermediaries from the Government, continues to be operative, and (iii) the effect of Rule 16 on the rights of the originator and the public to challenge executive action. In this opinion piece, we attempt to answer some of these questions.
Comments to the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019
— by Amber Sinha, Elonnai Hickok, Pallavi Bedi, Shweta Mohandas, Tanaya Rajwade — last modified Feb 21, 2020 10:13 AMThe Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on December 11, 2019.
Automated Facial Recognition Systems and the Mosaic Theory of Privacy: The Way Forward
— by Arindrajit Basu, Siddharth Sonkar — last modified Jan 02, 2020 02:12 PMArindrajit Basu and Siddharth Sonkar have co-written this blog as the third of their three-part blog series on AI Policy Exchange under the parent title: Is there a Reasonable Expectation of Privacy from Data Aggregation by Automated Facial Recognition Systems?
Automated Facial Recognition Systems (AFRS): Responding to Related Privacy Concerns
— by Arindrajit Basu, Siddharth Sonkar — last modified Jan 02, 2020 02:09 PMArindrajit Basu and Siddharth Sonkar have co-written this blog as the second of their three-part blog series on AI Policy Exchange under the parent title: Is there a Reasonable Expectation of Privacy from Data Aggregation by Automated Facial Recognition Systems?
Decrypting Automated Facial Recognition Systems (AFRS) and Delineating Related Privacy Concerns
— by Arindrajit Basu, Siddharth Sonkar — last modified Jan 02, 2020 02:01 PMArindrajit Basu and Siddharth Sonkar have co-written this blog as the first of their three-part blog series on AI Policy Exchange under the parent title: Is there a Reasonable Expectation of Privacy from Data Aggregation by Automated Facial Recognition Systems?
Extra-Territorial Surveillance and the Incapacitation of Human Rights
— by Arindrajit Basu — last modified Jan 02, 2020 11:02 AMThis paper was published in Volume 12 (2) of the NUJS Law Review.
ICANN takes one step forward in its human rights and accountability commitments
— by Akriti Bopanna and Ephraim Percy Kenyanito — last modified Dec 19, 2019 11:35 AMAkriti Bopanna and Ephraim Percy Kenyanito take a look at ICANN's Implementation Assessment Report for the Workstream 2 recommendations and break down the key human rights considerations in it. Akriti chairs the Cross Community Working Party on Human Rights at ICANN and Ephraim works on Human Rights and Business for Article 19, leading their ICANN engagement.
Call for Comments: Model Security Standards for the Indian Fintech Industry
— by Pranav M B — last modified Dec 16, 2019 01:16 PMIn Twitter India’s Arbitrary Suspensions, a Question of What Constitutes a Public Space
— by Torsha Sarkar — last modified Dec 12, 2019 04:54 PMA discussion is underway about the way social media platforms may have to operate within the tenets of constitutional protections of free speech.
A Deep Dive into Content Takedown Timeframes
— by Torsha Sarkar — last modified Jun 26, 2020 11:59 AMSince the 1990s, internet usage has seen a massive growth, facilitated in part, by growing importance of intermediaries, that act as gateways to the internet. Intermediaries such as Internet Service Providers (ISPs), web-hosting providers, social-media platforms and search engines provide key services which propel social, economic and political development. However, these developments are also offset by instances of users engaging with the platforms in an unlawful manner. The scale and openness of the internet makes regulating such behaviour challenging, and in turn pose several interrelated policy questions.
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