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...
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,...