For moderation tools to effectively address ableism, AI systems need to identify and explain disability bias. Involving disability rights advocates and interest groups in the development of our tech systems therefore becomes essential to building inclusive systems.
India’s draft IT Rule amendments target deepfakes through labelling and verification, a positive step but overbroad and impractical. True digital trust needs smarter definitions, balanced enforcement, and redesigned platform incentives.
Recognising care as a constitutional right requires recognising caregivers as rights-holders, not merely as family members performing expected duties.
A modern content takedown framework must do three things: preserve administrative efficiency but embed statutory safeguards that balance urgency with accountability, and ensure independent oversight.
The 2011 census recorded only around 2.68 million individuals as persons with disabilities in India, far lower than WHO’s report, which indicates 16 per cent of the global population lives with some form of disability.
With its young demographic and a fast-growing economy, India undoubtedly holds immense promise. But demographics and growth alone will not automatically keep talent at home. If we are to truly reap the benefits of our people staying back, we must create the right conditions here — and that requires bold moves.
The regulatory landscape for online real money money gaming is shifting in India, most notably through the passing of a recent bill banning the sector altogether. Irrespective of that fact, Google’s submission before the CCI marks an important leap forward for India’s digital economy.
Taxing assistive devices for mobility, sight, and hearing is a structural inequity: a society where one is penalized for existing with a disability.
The proposal to access an individual’s ‘virtual digital space’ raises significant concerns about privacy, overreach, and surveillance.
Blunt instruments like safe harbour dilution are unlikely to be effective against systemic challenges such as disinformation.
The new data protection rules risk turning back the clock for Persons with Disabilities — equating disability with incapacity and eroding hard-won autonomy.
Big numbers, small change: India’s Budget talks gender, but forgets to care — literally. Care work remains invisible, underfunded, and overwhelmingly shouldered by women.
