Welcome to our fortnightly newsletter, where our editors put together handpicked stories from the world of tech law! You can find other issues here. SC Decides Not to Intervene in Delhi Govt.’s School CCTV Plan On 6 July 2019, Delhi CM launched a mission to install CCTV cameras in all government schools in Delhi by November….
Identity Theft on Social Media
[Ed Note: The following post is part of the TLF Editorial Board Test 2019-20. It has been authored by Harshwardhan Singh, a third year student of NALSAR University of Law.] Social media helps us as a platform in establishing connections with family and friends but oversharing on this platform can come back to haunt you…
Gender Bias in Artificial Intelligence and Technology
[Ed Note: The following post is part of the TLF Editorial Board Test 2019-20. It has been authored by Shrudula Murthy, a second year student of NALSAR University of Law.] “My father goes to office and my mother cooks food for us” “My sister is not allowed to play with my car, she is supposed…
Electronic Social Media and Its Impact on Elections: A Threat to Democracy
[Ed Note: The following post is part of the TLF Editorial Board Test 2019-20. It has been authored by V. Shanthan Reddy, a second year student of NALSAR University of Law.] Contrary to our understanding of social media as only a benison, the scandals that have come to light over the past one year have…
Perils of PUBG Ban in India & the Enemies Ahead
[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…
Technology, Innovation and Competition
[Ed Note: The following post is part of the TLF Editorial Board Test 2019-20. It has been authored by Sanchit Khandelwal, a second year student of NALSAR University of Law.] The last decade has been marked by the emergence of technology and innovation-driven industries, mainly in the form of start-ups being turned into massive capital-infused…
The Issue of Artificial Intelligence and its Regulation
[Ed Note: The following post is part of the TLF Editorial Board Test 2019-20. It has been authored by Siddharth Kothari, a second year student of NALSAR University of Law.] In an era of unprecedented technological advancements across different fields, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is poised to quiver our lives. AI refers to “a class of…
The Alternative Facts of Virtual Reality
[Ed Note: The following post is part of the TLF Editorial Board Test 2019-20. It has been authored by Rhea Reddy, a third year student of NALSAR University of Law.] Recently, Facebook announced its plans to develop a full-body virtual reality system. The company aims to create life-like avatars of users to provide for a…
#SaveYourInternet – How Europe’s New Copyright Directive Threatens to Colonise the Internet
[Ed Note: The following post is part of the TLF Editorial Board Test 2019-20. It has been authored by Manasvin Andra, a third year student of NALSAR University of Law.] Controlling the public’s access to the Internet has always been considered the tool of the demagogue. We take it as being par for the course when…
Analysis of Different Risk-Based Approaches of Privacy for Data Categorisation
[Ed Note: The following post is part of the TLF Editorial Board Test 2019-20. It has been authored by Gitika Lahiri, a third year student of NALSAR University of Law.] The present Data Protection Bill introduced by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology aims to change the manner in which data is stored and…