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.
Australia’s Parliament has passed a bill banning children under 16 from social media, but India needs a middle path with tailored, nuanced solutions to tackle its unique challenges.
India’s proposed AI Safety Institute can position the country as a global leader in evidence-based, human-centric AI governance.
As urban heatwaves worsen, convenience-driven living insulates the privileged, leaving marginalized communities to face the consequences of poor planning and climate inaction.
Transparent reporting and regular gender audits is the way forward to ensure effective and targeted spending for women’s development.
The draft Broadcasting Services Bill could negatively impact India’s growing content creation economy, which has given millions of social media creators new economic opportunities.
The Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill, 2024 could significantly undermine creative independence and stymie online freedom of expression in India.
