Tech Law Forum

Category: Surveillance

Metadata by TLF: Issue 12

June 10, 2020

Censorship, GDPR, Newsletter, Privacy, Surveillance

Welcome to our fortnightly newsletter, where our reporters Kruttika Lokesh and Dhananjay Dhonchak put together handpicked stories from the world of tech law! You can find other issues here. Australian Court rules that media companies are liable for defamatory user comments The Court of Appeal Supreme Court, New South Wales, made the ruling in the…
Metadata by TLF: Issue 9

May 9, 2020

Data Protection, Digital Piracy, Internet Security, Medical Research, Newsletter, Privacy, Right to Privacy, Surveillance

Welcome to our fortnightly newsletter, where our reporters Kruttika Lokesh and Dhananjay Dhonchak put together handpicked stories from the world of tech law! You can find other issues here. Zoom sued by shareholder for ‘overstating’ security claims Zoom Video Communications Inc. was hit with a class action suit by one of its shareholders on April…
India’s 5G Trial: The Case for Huawei’s Exclusion

May 9, 2020

Internet Security, Surveillance

[This post has been authored by Sarthak Gupta of the Institute of Law, Nirma University.] 5G is the next big change awaiting mankind. It is not just an incremental change but rather represents a paradigm shift in technology. Among other things, it is going to have a huge impact on the national and economic security…
Metadata by TLF: Issue 7

November 14, 2019

Data Protection, GDPR, Internet Freedoms, Internet Security, Newsletter, Privacy, Surveillance, Technology

Welcome to our fortnightly newsletter, where our Editors put together handpicked stories from the world of tech law! You can find other issues here. Israel spyware ‘Pegasus’ used to snoop on Indian activists, journalists, lawyers In a startling revelation, Facebook owned messaging app WhatsApp revealed that a spyware known as ‘Pegasus’ has been used to target…
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…
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…
Automated Facial Recognition System and The Right To Privacy: A Potential Mismatch

August 3, 2019

Artificial Intelligence, Privacy, Right to be Forgotten, Right to Privacy, Surveillance, Technology

This post has been authored by Ritwik Sharma, a graduate of Amity Law School, Delhi and a practicing Advocate. In a quick read, he brings out the threat to privacy posed by the proposed Automated Facial Recognition System. On 28th June 2019, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) released a Request for Proposal for…
Perils of PUBG Ban in India & the Enemies Ahead

July 9, 2019

101s, Evidence, Freedom of Speech, Privacy, Recent News, Regulation, Social Media, Surveillance, Technology

[Ed Note: The following post has been authored by Anirudh Vijay, a fourth year student of B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) at Faculty of Law, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. In an engaging read, Vijay talks about how the Gujarat government’s decision to ban popular game PUBG is problematic, and provides recommendations in this regard. Read to…
Mackinnon’s “Consent of The Networked” Deconstruction (Part III)

July 7, 2019

Censorship, Freedom of Speech, Intellectual Property, Intermediary Liability, Regulation, Social Media, Surveillance

SERIES INTRODUCTION Rebecca MacKinnon’s “Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom” is an interesting read on free speech, on the internet, in the context of a world where corporations are challenging the sovereignty of governments. Having read the book, I will be familiarizing readers with some of the themes and ideas discussed…
Mackinnon’s “Consent of The Networked” Deconstruction (Part II)

July 7, 2019

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

SERIES INTRODUCTION Rebecca MacKinnon’s “Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom” is an interesting read on free speech, on the internet, in the context of a world where corporations are challenging the sovereignty of governments. Having read the book, I will be familiarizing readers with some of the themes and ideas discussed…