[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…
Self Driving Cars and the Accountability of Autonomous Artificial Intelligence
[Ed Note: The following post is part of the TLF Editorial Board Test 2019-20. It has been authored by Vedaarth Uberoi, a third year student of NALSAR University of Law.] From Terminator to Robocop, Wall-E to HAL-9000, artificial intelligence and fully autonomous machines have been a part of popular culture and science fiction, and with…
App Stores and Abuse of Dominance: The Case Against Apple (Part II)
[Ed Note: The following is the second part of a two-part post authored by Mohini Parghi, a third year student of NALSAR University of Law. This post has been authored as part of the TLF Editorial Board Test 2019-20. Part I can be found here.] I. Introduction In the previous post, we saw how once…
App Stores and Abuse of Dominance: The Case Against Apple (Part I)
[Ed Note: The following is the first part of a two-part post authored by Mohini Parghi, a third year student of NALSAR University of Law. This post has been authored as part of the TLF Editorial Board Test 2019-20. Part II can be found here.] Introduction Recent developments have seen a significant amount of discussion…
Mackinnon’s “Consent of The Networked” Deconstruction (Part III)
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)
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 I)
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,…