Category: Internet Freedoms
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The Fate of Section 230 vis-a-vis Gonzalez v. Google: A Case of Looming Legal Liability
[This article is authored by Harshitha Adari and Akarshi Narain, 2nd year students at the NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. It analyses the arguments in Gonzalez v. Google, a case that came before the United States Supreme Court, in the context of the judgment’s consequences on Internet free speech.] Section 230 of the Communications Decency…
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BBC Documentary Ban: Yet Another Example of the Government’s Abuse of its Emergency Powers
[This post by Paras Khetan and Anish Gupta, 2nd year students at NLSIU, Bangalore, explains how the order blocking the BBC Documentary is violative of the IT Act and the rules thereunder. It also brings forth the larger problem of constant abuse of the government’s emergency powers under the IT Rules.] Introduction Recently, the government…
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Regulating Real Money Games: Examining Alternatives to Prohibition (Part I)
[This is the first part of a two-part post authored by Mitali Kshatriya, a fourth-year law student at RMLNLU, Lucknow. Part II can be found here] The Indian Gaming Industry is expected to swell to $2.8 Billion with an annual growth rate of 40%. Indian gamers have a 13% share of global game sessions and…
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Shadow Libraries: Remedying Knowledge Inequalities or Sullying the Copyright Act?
[This post has been authored by Ishita Mundhra, a second-year student at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences] Introduction Shadow libraries are a relatively recent disruption in the publishing sector. They share a plethora of literary material which is often copyrighted, free of cost, by circumventing paywalls. While individual scholars and academicians frequently…
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Right to Privacy at the Mercy of the Executive: Part II
[This two-part essay has been authored by Aarya Pachisia, a 4th-year law student at Jindal Global Law School. Part One can be found here.] Continuing the argument of how the executive seeks to control different actors under the Bill, this article focuses on executive control over the citizens. I advance the argument in two parts.…
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Right to Privacy at the Mercy of the Executive: Part I
[This two-part essay has been authored by Aarya Pachisia, a 4th-year law student at Jindal Global Law School. Part Two can be found here.] Technology is advancing at lightning speed, making privacy violations inevitable. Today, machine learning software is sophisticated enough to predict one’s sexual orientation, political and religious affiliation merely by processing their likes…