Where the Mainstream Media Could Not Reach: How Local Information Travelled During the Lockdown
Community media filled the gaps left by the Indian mainstream media while documenting local issues and responses to COVID-19.
The Regulatory Regime for Digital News Media in India — The story so far
Do the 2021 IT Rules actually emerge from a policy need? What types of risks do they pose to the fundamental rights of users and the freedom of our digital news ecosystem?
Technically Speaking, What Can We Learn from Australia’s Move to Regulate Big Tech? with...
Hosted by Aarathi Ganesan
Edited by Nidhi Rejithlal
For the past three years, Australia has been ground-zero for Big Tech regulation, especially in the battle between...
Bringing Indian MSMEs into the 21st Century through Digital Payments
A development-oriented approach can bring small Indian businesses into the Digital Century.
Technically Speaking, Why Did Facebook Ban News in Australia? with Peter Lewis
Hosted by Aarathi Ganesan
Edited by Nidhi Rejithlal
On February 18th, a couple of weeks ago, Australians woke up to find that they could not access...
Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, Spy on Me, and I’ll Spy on You...
Earlier this month—February 2021—the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) launched a controversial programme under its cybercrime unit. Called the ‘Cyber Crime Volunteers Program’, it...
Technically Speaking, How Important is the PDP Bill for India? with Yashovardhan Azad
Hosted by Sourya Reddy
Edited by Nidhi Rejithlal
The Personal Data Protection Bill (PDP), 2019, was tabled in the Parliament in the winter session of 2019....
Making a Case for a ‘Goldilocks’ Regulation of the Ed-Tech Sector
As per a 2020 report by the Omidyar Network, the K-12 ed-tech-addressable market in India is projected to be worth $1.7 billion (USD) by...
Technically Speaking, Should Governments Sanction Backdoor Access to Encrypted Platforms? with Yashovardhan Azad
Hosted by Sourya Reddy
Edited by Nidhi Rejithlal
The end-to-end protection that comes with encrypted platforms has been a thorn in the side of both, privacy...
From Moodle to Canvas: Red Flags in India’s Learning Management Systems
In a recent incident at Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), students complained of harassment by proctors after their exams were conducted online...
