Improving Online Safety for Women and Children in India

Platform Regulation, Safety by Design, Digital Rights

An assessment of the current Indian legislative framework and global regulatory approaches to strengthen protections in the digital space

The Uneven Odds of India’s Digital Gaming Marketplace

Online Gaming, Antitrust, Digital Competition

An innocuous gaming pilot program highlights the clear discretionary power that gatekeepers hold over a privately-owned digital economy

When walking, seeing and hearing are taxed: The case against GST on disability aids

Disability, Inclusion, GST

Taxing assistive devices for mobility, sight, and hearing is a structural inequity: a society where one is penalized for...

From Risk to Resilience: Rights-based DPI Readiness in the Global Majority

DPI, Human Rights, Governance

Insights from our RightsCon 2025 workshop on adopting DPI with a human rights lens - focusing on user choice,...

Transforming India’s Inter-City Bus Transport System

Transport Policy, Mobility, Tourism

A deep-dive into India’s All India Tourist Permit system, highlighting key regulatory gaps, passenger concerns, and reforms to enable...

Revisit digital search powers under the I-T Bill 2025

Income Tax, Search & Seizure, Tech

The proposal to access an individual’s ‘virtual digital space’ raises significant concerns about privacy, overreach, and surveillance

Disinformation in the digital age cannot be fought by taking down content

Platform Regulation, Content moderation

Blunt instruments like safe harbour dilution are unlikely to be effective against systemic challenges such as disinformation

DPDP Act leaves Persons with Disabilities Vulnerable

DATA Protection & Privacy, Disability

The new data protection rules risk turning back the clock for Persons with Disabilities — equating disability with incapacity...

Centering Care in India’s Economic Policy

GENDER, CARE WORK

Big numbers, small change: India’s Budget talks gender, but forgets to care — literally. Care work remains invisible, underfunded,...

Quick Policy Review: Laws on Obscenity

Digital Safety, Content Regulation

Triggered by recent controversies surrounding OTT platforms and influencers, this review attempts to answer the question: does India need...

Social Media Bans for teens will not succeed: India needs finer policy interventions

TECH, CHILDREN, PRIVACY, SOCIAL MEDIA

Australia’s Parliament has passed a bill banning children under 16 from social media, but India needs a middle path...

India’s AI Safety Institute Should Tap into Parallel International Initiatives

AI SAFETY & GOVERNANCE, TECH

India’s proposed AI Safety Institute can position the country as a global leader in evidence-based, human-centric AI governance.