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Category: Internet Governance
Facebook and its Oversight Board: Regulatory Attempts in an Impractical Relationship
[Lian Joseph is a fourth-year law student and contributing editor at robos of Tech Law and Policy, a platform for marginalized genders in the technology law and policy field. This essay is part of an ongoing collaboration between r – TLP and the NALSAR Tech Law Forum Blog. Posts in the series may be found…
News Publishers and the Claim for Remuneration: An Analysis (Part II)
[This two-part post has been authored by Soham Chakraborty, a third year student at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. Part I can be found here.] Part 1 of the article looked at the arguments being made by news publishers and news aggregators. It also looked at various laws passed by different countries in the past…
News Publishers and the Claim for Remuneration: An Analysis (Part I)
[This two-part post has been authored by Soham Chakraborty, a third year student at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. Part II can be found here.] Nowadays, people are likelier to get their daily doses of information online than by reading a newspaper as in decades past. Even when online, research shows that people are more…
Data Protection in EdTech Start-ups: An Analysis
[This post is authored by Oshi Priya, a third-year student at the National Law University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi.] Education technology (EdTech) is the means to facilitate e-learning through the combination of software and computer hardware along with educational theory. Though still in its early stages of development, it’s a $700 million…
Regulation of Content on OTT Platforms: An Explainer
[This Explainer has been authored by Harsh Jain and Sankalp Jain of the NALSAR Tech Law Forum Blog.] The over-the-top (‘OTT’) industry in India has been growing exponentially–faster than anywhere else in the world–and pegged to reach a size of $5 billion by the year 2023. With an increase in internet penetration, coverage and speed,…
Metadata by TLF: Issue 19
Welcome to our fortnightly newsletter, where our reporters Harsh Jain and Harshita Lilani put together handpicked stories from the world of tech law! You can find other issues here. Facebook Oversight Board picks the first batch of cases for review, adds additional matter from India Facebook’s Oversight Board (OSB), an independent body set up to review…
Examining the Rise of the ‘Splinternet’
[Ed Note: The following post is part of the TLF Editorial Board Test 2020-21. It has been authored by Manasvin Andra, a fourth year student of NALSAR University of Law.] Data localisation laws have been on the rise in recent years. Since Edward Snowden’s revelations regarding the National Security Agency’s PRISM program, states have begun…
Suggestions for Copyright Reforms
[This post has been authored by our reporters – Harsh Jain and Harshita Lilani. They discuss the controversies surrounding Copyright law in India and highlight the recommendations sent by the Technology Law Forum to the Registrar of Copyrights.] The last amendment to the Indian Copyright Act was made in the year 2012 and therefore, the…
Open Banking in India & the Need for Setting Uniform Standards in Usage of APIs
[This post has been authored by Vaibhav Parikh, Legal Counsel at ICICI Bank. Views are personal] The value of online/ mobile banking rose from INR 69.47 billion in 2016-17 to INR 21,317 billion in 2019-20. Providing data access to third-party firms by banks and other financial institutions has proved to be one of the important…