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…
Author: Tech Law Forum @ NALSAR
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…
'Skirting' the Law, Part I
(Image Source: https://flic.kr/p/6LUL9s) This is the first in a two-part series by Deepthi Bavirisetty on the law on upskirt photography in USA, Japan and India. Deepthi is a 4th Year Law student at the National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Calcutta. She is extremely interested in the intersection between gender and technology. She has previously…
'Skirting' the Law, Part II
(Image Source: https://flic.kr/p/6LUL9s) This is the second in a two-part series by Deepthi Bavirisetty on the law of upskirt photography in USA, Japan and India – this part deals with Japan and India. The first part is available here. Japan 1. Anti-Nuisance Ordinance Japan has enacted an Anti Nuisance Ordinance to curtail upskirt photography or “panchira”…
Machine Learning: An Explanation
Have you ever wondered how the spam in your mailbox is automatically detected? And what about speech recognition or handwriting recognition? These are quite challenging problems. But luckily they have one thing in common – that is data, and a good deal of it. Machine learning aims at creating systems that learn from data using various computer science…
The Status of Electronic Surveillance Laws in India: An Overview (Part II)
(Image Source: https://flic.kr/p/6YSTmq) The following is the last in a series of two posts on the Electronic Surveillance laws in India, brought to us by Anurag Dasgupta, CNLU Patna. FEW OTHER STATUTES WHICH AIM AT REGULATING SURVEILLANCE IN INDIA
The Status of Electronic Surveillance Laws in India: An Overview (Part I)
(Image Source: https://flic.kr/p/6YSTmq) The following is the first in a series of two posts on the Electronic Surveillance laws in India, brought to us by Anurag Dasgupta, CNLU Patna. After the wave of liberalisation and globalisation; the demographics of various countries have changed, (for better), such change also includes within itself the technological impetus, which many…
Editors' Picks (02/11/2014)
1. Google is Not What it Seems, Julian Assange, WikiLeaks. 2. Hungary’s Orban puts Internet tax on hold after huge protests, Kriztina Than and Marton Dunai, Reuters. 3. Good Intentions, Recalcitrant Text – I: Why India’s Proposal at the ITU is Troubling for Internet Freedoms, Geeta Hariharan, CIS-India. 4. Good Intentions, Recalcitrant Text – II:…
Editors' Picks (19/10/14)
1. The Right Way to Fix the Internet, George Anders, MIT Technology Review. 2. Laura Poitras on the Crypto Tools That Made Her Snowden Film Possible, Andy Greenberg, WIRED. 3. How Anonabox Went From Privacy Savior to Scam in Less Than a Week, Joseph Cox, Motherboard. 4. Google Is Trying To Create An Ultra-Fast Wireless Service, Alexei Oreskovic, Reuters . 5. Innovation Works…
Shaasthra: IIT Madras International Symposium on Healthcare
A little bit about us: Shaastra, Asia’s largest student run festival, is the annual technical festival of IIT Madras. It is the first ISO 9001:2008 certified student-organized technical festival. Shaastra is scheduled to be held between the 3rd and 6th of January 2015. Cash prizes worth Rs. 60,000 to be won!