News At Long Last, Some Insight into the Expert Committee that Framed Tamil Nadu’s Online Gambling Law A counter-affidavit filed by the TN govt in Madras HC shares some insights into the terms of reference the committee had while drafting the... Aarathi GanesanJuly 7, 2023
News SC Allows Petitioners Challenging Manipur Internet Shutdowns to Move Manipur HC Instead The Supreme Court petition sought an interim order restoring Internet services, while also challenging the constitutionality of the orders themselves. Aarathi GanesanJuly 6, 2023
News Tamil Nadu Had Competence to Enact Online Gambling Ban, Says State in Counter-Affidavit Before Madras HC The petitioners are a society consisting of “skill gaming companies”— so, they cannot claim to be citizens of India under Article 19, TN govt... Aarathi GanesanJuly 6, 2023
News MU Nair Takes Over From Rajesh Pant as National Cybersecurity Coordinator: Report Nair's predecessor Pant had been presiding over the drafting of an updated national cybersecurity strategy since 2019 Aarathi GanesanJuly 5, 2023
News Why Did the Karnataka HC Toss Twitter’s Challenge Against the Indian Government’s Secretive Online Censorship? Justice Krishna S. Dixit held that Section 69A allows the government to block accounts, not just tweets Aarathi GanesanJuly 3, 2023
News Explained (Courtesy Meta): How AI Systems Recommend Content on Instagram and Facebook The tech giant will also be releasing a "Content Library" of Facebook data for researchers. Aarathi GanesanJuly 3, 2023
News Court Watch: The Biggest Tech Policy Cases India’s Courts Are Hearing this July The Supreme Court may hear the constitutional challenges against India's platform regulation rules, the IT Rules, 2021. Aarathi GanesanJuly 3, 2023
News Karnataka HC Refuses to Quash FIR Over Congress Video Using Copyrighted KGF-2 Music The FIR pertains to the use of music from the Kannada film KGF Chapter 2 in a promotional video for Congress's Bharat Jodo Yatra... Aarathi GanesanJune 30, 2023
News Breaking: Karnataka HC Dismisses Twitter’s Petition Challenging Government’s Content Blocking Orders The verdict brings to an end months of hearings on the constitutionality of government censorship on the Indian Internet Aarathi GanesanJune 30, 2023
News “Dilli Mein Sabse Swadisht Chole Bhature Kahan Milega?”: After Multilingual Updates, ChatGPT Answers In Hindi The updates follow OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s recent trip to India. It could significantly broaden the chatbot's uptake across the country. Aarathi GanesanJune 29, 2023