[The following post has been authored by Yashaswini Santuka, a third year student of NALSAR University of Law. This essay is part of an ongoing collaboration between r – TLP and the NALSAR Tech Law Forum Blog and is the second post in the series. The first entry can be found here, and the rest…
Facebook and its Oversight Board: Regulatory Attempts in an Impractical Relationship
[Lian Joseph is a fourth-year law student and contributing editor at robos of Tech Law and Policy, a platform for marginalized genders in the technology law and policy field. This essay is part of an ongoing collaboration between r – TLP and the NALSAR Tech Law Forum Blog. Posts in the series may be found…
Deciphering the Relationship Between IoT and Its Users (Part II)
[This post has been authored by Amishi Aggarwal, a 2nd year student at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. Part I is available here.] As discussed in the previous post, the nature of an IoT device as a fiduciary is jeopardized due to the conflict of interest involved. However, as previously mentioned, these conflicts of interest…
Deciphering the Relationship Between IoT and Its Users (Part I)
[This two-part essay has been authored by Amishi Aggarwal, a 2nd year student at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. Part II is available here.] With the advancement of new forms of technology, new kinds of contractual relationships are being formed. Contract law, especially in India where it was codified more than a century ago, is…
News Publishers and the Claim for Remuneration: An Analysis (Part II)
[This two-part post has been authored by Soham Chakraborty, a third year student at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. Part I can be found here.] Part 1 of the article looked at the arguments being made by news publishers and news aggregators. It also looked at various laws passed by different countries in the past…
News Publishers and the Claim for Remuneration: An Analysis (Part I)
[This two-part post has been authored by Soham Chakraborty, a third year student at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. Part II can be found here.] Nowadays, people are likelier to get their daily doses of information online than by reading a newspaper as in decades past. Even when online, research shows that people are more…
A Surveillance Story
[This post has been authored by Ada Shaharbanu and Reuel Davis Wilson.] Our familiarity with surveillance generally brings to mind the methods adopted in the 20th century. Common among these are the tapping of telephone lines, stakeouts and the interception of postal services. However, it becomes difficult to keep a track of the multiplicity of…
Data Protection in EdTech Start-ups: An Analysis
[This post is authored by Oshi Priya, a third-year student at the National Law University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi.] Education technology (EdTech) is the means to facilitate e-learning through the combination of software and computer hardware along with educational theory. Though still in its early stages of development, it’s a $700 million…
Principled Artificial Intelligence: Adopting the Principle of AI Accountability and Responsibility in India
[This post is authored by Shikhar Aggarwal, a third year student at National Law University, Delhi.] This article covers the need for, and rationale behind, the concept of principled Artificial Intelligence (“AI”). It explores the broad contours of the ethical principle of AI responsibility and accountability, analysing how it may be adopted in India. While…
Regulation of Content on OTT Platforms: An Explainer
[This Explainer has been authored by Harsh Jain and Sankalp Jain of the NALSAR Tech Law Forum Blog.] The over-the-top (‘OTT’) industry in India has been growing exponentially–faster than anywhere else in the world–and pegged to reach a size of $5 billion by the year 2023. With an increase in internet penetration, coverage and speed,…