Ed. Note: This post by Kanu Garg is a part of the TLF Editorial Board Test 2018 “Indeed, in today’s world, acts of terror could come not only from a few extremists in suicide vests but from a few key strokes on the computer – a weapon of mass disruption.”[1] -Barack Obama Past few decades…
YouTube’s Adpocalpyse
Ed. Note: This post by Arvind Pennathur is a part of the TLF Editorial Board Test 2018 YouTube may have started out as an innocuous platform for sharing funny cat videos, but in today’s world it is a giant in the field of entertainment; a place where people can earn a living by uploading original…
Censorship in Social Media
Ed. Note: This post by Arvind Pennathur is a part of the TLF Editorial Board Test 2018 “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to death your right to say it.” – Evelyn Beatrice Hall Humans, as a society, learn and thrive off each other. Initiating discourse about various topics enriches us with…
The Week That Was: 25/08/2017
In this second edition of The Week That Was, we find… The 9 Judge Bench of the Supreme Court of India unanimously held that Privacy is a Fundamental Right under Part III of the Constitution of India and gave hope to the LGBT+ community, and may have implications for SEBI’s move to link with Aadhaar,…
The Supreme Court of India unanimously holds in a 9-0 verdict that Privacy is a Fundamental Right
The Supreme Court of India in a welcome decision today held that Privacy is a Fundamental Right under Article 21 in Part III of the Constitution in a unanimous 9-0 decision. Detailed comments will come soon. You can find the judgment here, or alternatively here.
The Week That Was: 11/08/2017
In this first edition of The Week That Was, we find… Marcus Hutchins, the white-hat hacker known for stopping the WannaCry worm was charged with creating the Kronos banking trojan, a widespread piece of malware used to steal banking credentials for fraud and is accused of selling it to cybercrime market sites. He has denied any…
Law Enforcement v. End-to-End Encryption
The age of digital communications with all its power to reach people instantly, anywhere on the globe, still has shortcomings. The instant communications happening all around us through laptops or mobiles involve two crucial processes i.e. encryption and decryption. These two processes are fundamental to the transfer of our voice and messages to the designated…
Kill the Kill Switch
India is at the third position in a list with some of the most ‘democratic’ countries like Syria, Saudi Arabia, etc. Internet shutdowns can have some serious free speech and free association implications, which is why it is necessary to have clear and precise regulations to ensure that this power is not used arbitrarily and…
Consent to Cookie: Analysis of European ePrivacy Regulations
This article is an analysis of the newly passed ‘Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications’ passed by the European Union. A huge part of our daily life now revolves around the usage of websites and communication mediums like Facebook, WhatsApp, Skype, etc. The suddenness with which these services have become popular left law-making authorities with…
TRAI’s Consultation Paper on Net Neutrality and the Regulatory Approach to Net Neutrality in India
An explanation of the regulatory and policy approaches analysed by the TRAI in their Consultation Paper