Tech Law Forum

Category: Internet Governance

Right to access Internet: An end to oppressive Internet shutdowns?

April 7, 2020

Censorship, Freedom of Speech, Internet Freedoms, Internet Governance, Internet Shutdowns

[This post has been authored by Mohd Rameez Raza (Faculty of Law, Integral University, Lucknow) and Raj Shekhar (NUSRL, Ranchi).] The Internet is one of the most powerful instruments of the 21st century for increasing transparency in day to day working, access to information, and most important facilitating active citizen participation in building strong democratic…
Delhi HC’s order in Swami Ramdev v. Facebook: A hasty attempt to win the ‘Hare and Tortoise’ Race

January 6, 2020

Censorship, Freedom of Speech, Intermediary Liability, Internet Broadcasting, Internet Freedoms, Internet Governance, Media Law, Social Media

This post has been authored by Aryan Babele, a final year student at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL), Punjab and a Research Assistant at Medianama. On 23rd October 2019, the Delhi HC delivered a judgment authorizing Indian courts to issue “global take down” orders to Internet intermediary platforms like Facebook, Google and Twitter…
Standardizing the Data Economy

October 17, 2019

Data Protection, Internet Governance, Personal Data Protection Bill, Regulation, Right to Privacy

This piece has been authored by Namratha Murugeshan, a final year student at NALSAR University of Law and member of the Tech Law Forum. In 2006, Clive Humby, a British mathematician said with incredible foresight that “data is the new oil”. Fast forward to 2019, we see how data has singularly been responsible for big-tech…
Metadata by TLF: Issue 6

October 10, 2019

Censorship, Freedom of Speech, Intermediary Liability, Internet Governance, Media Law, Newsletter, Recent News, Right to be Forgotten, Right to Privacy, Social Media

Welcome to our fortnightly newsletter, where our Editors put together handpicked stories from the world of tech law! You can find other issues here. Delhi HC orders social media platforms to take down sexual harassment allegations against artist The Delhi High Court ordered Facebook, Google and Instagram to remove search result, posts and any content containing…
Metadata by TLF: Issue 5

September 25, 2019

Finance, Intermediary Liability, Internet Governance, Newsletter, Others, Privacy, Regulation, Social Media

Welcome to our fortnightly newsletter, where our Editors put together handpicked stories from the world of tech law! You can find other issues here. RBI Releases Discussion Paper on Guidelines for Payment Gateways and Payment Aggregators The RBI on 17th September released a discussion paper on comprehensive guidelines for the activities of payment aggregators and payment…
Metadata by TLF: Issue 4

September 10, 2019

Aadhar, Freedom of Speech, Intermediary Liability, Internet Freedoms, Internet Governance, Media Law, Newsletter, Privacy, Regulation, Right to Privacy, Social Media, Surveillance

Welcome to our fortnightly newsletter, where our Editors put together handpicked stories from the world of tech law! You can find other issues here. Facebook approaches SC in ‘Social Media-Aadhaar linking case’ In 2018, Anthony Clement Rubin and Janani Krishnamurthy filed PILs before the Madras High Court, seeking a writ of Mandamus to “declare the linking…
Sahamati: Self Regulatory Organisation for Financial Data Sharing Ecosystem

September 6, 2019

Aadhar, Account Aggregators, Blog Series, Editors’ Picks, Finance, Internet Governance, Regulation, Right to Privacy

This post, authored by Mr. Srikanth Lakshmanan, is part of TLF’s blog series on Account Aggregators. Other posts can be found here. Mr. Srikanth Lakshmanan is the founder of CashlessConsumer, a consumer collective working on digital payments to increase awareness, understand technology, represent consumers in digital payments ecosystem to voice perspectives, concerns with a goal…
Article 13 of the EU Copyright Directive: A license to gag freedom of expression globally?

August 9, 2019

Artificial Intelligence, Censorship, Freedom of Speech, Intellectual Property, Internet Freedoms, Internet Governance, Media Law, Regulation, Social Media, Surveillance

The following post has been authored by Bhavik Shukla, a fifth year student at National Law Institute University (NLIU) Bhopal. He is deeply interested in Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) law and Technology law. In this post, he examines the potential chilling effect of the EU Copyright Directive. Freedom of speech and expression is the bellwether…
Mackinnon’s “Consent of The Networked” Deconstruction (Part I)

July 7, 2019

Censorship, Freedom of Speech, Intellectual Property, Intermediary Liability, Internet Freedoms, Internet Governance, Internet Security, Regulation, Social Media, Surveillance

SERIES INTRODUCTION Rebecca MacKinnon’s “Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom” (2012) is an interesting read on online speech. Having read the book, I will be familiarizing readers with some of the themes discussed in it. In Part I, we will discuss censorship in the context of authoritarian governments. In Part II,…
The Dark Web : To Regulate Or Not Regulate, That Is The Question.

December 29, 2018

101s, Internet Freedoms, Internet Governance, Internet Security, Media Law, Privacy, Regulation, Right to Privacy, Surveillance

[Ed Note : In an interesting read, Shweta Rao of NALSAR University of Law brings us upto speed on the debate regarding regulation of the mysterious “dark web” and provides us with a possible way to proceed as far as this hidden part of the web is concerned. ] Human Traffickers, Whistleblowers, Pedophiles, Journalists and…