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Sachin Deepfake: Rethink India’s approach to combating this menace
Practical solutions are needed as legal overreach won’t yield the desired outcomes. Enhancing platform liability, frequent legal reminders and overburdening grievance mechanisms have limitations. Existing legal norms and processes can be refined and enhanced instead of instituting new regulations that may prove cumbersome
BUSINESS
Deepfakes: We have been warned and it is time for countermeasures
A recent viral deepfake video should serve as a warning to governments, technologists and the society at large on the scale of the menace that is just beginning to unfold. The democratisation of technology has lowered the barrier for entry into the realm of deepfake creation for everyone from mischievous hobbyists to cybercriminals
BUSINESS
What’s a content blocking provision doing in a data protection legislation?
The personal data bill’s detour into content blocking is not only a duplication of an existing power the government already possesses under the IT Act, but it lacks basic safeguards too. This could lead to bureaucratic excesses that can disrupt internet businesses and hinder our path to a trillion-dollar digital economy
BUSINESS
India’s upcoming internet law has a three-pronged task: being future agnostic, rights enabling, innovation friendly
The Digital Indian Bill consultations are offering public policy analysts greater clarity on the scope of the law, its construction and larger intent. Ultimately, it is for GoI to find the balance that protects the free and open internet, effectively fights crime, enables AI to create jobs and benefits, and copes with technological change
BUSINESS
Digital India Act: We need an internet law that is balanced, proportionate and regulates effectively
The proposed law to replace the outdated Information Technology Act that governs internet usage must hit the sweet spot, with just the right amount of regulation. It has a tough task ensuring free speech, digital innovation, law and order, and intermediary regulation
