Social media ban for minors, a nuanced issue
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Submissions on the Draft Online Gaming Rules, 2025
Definitional clarity, establishing timelines for e-sport recognition, and ensuring a streamlined registration process will be essential to balance regulatory oversight with agility.
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The DPI Decade: A Review of Research on India’s Digital Public Infrastructure
An attempt to map the evidence gap in DPI impact: what we know, what’s missing, and why open access to granular data is essential.
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Self-Regulation of Online Gaming Will Need Safeguards
The gaming sector has grown into a whopping $2.6 billion industry in India, with an estimated count of more than half a billion gamers being served by over 900 companies.
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Needed, A New Approach to Data Protection for Minors
The principles of the ‘best interests of children’ and ‘more responsibility on platforms’ should inform India’s approach to data protection for minors.
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IT Rules: Content Moderation, an Alternative
While the amendments being proposed are well-intentioned, they are likely to present many operational challenges for businesses and the government, besides risking the freedom of speech of India’s digital citizens.
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The Data Protection Bill Puts Indian Children at a Disadvantage. Here’s How
India’s privacy law must balance the rights of children with online safety. The blanket requirement for parental consent for those aged below 18 years must make way for a graded approach along with a digital literacy curriculum.
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Data Protection Bill: Don’t Mule the Unicorn
With regulatory ambiguity on key issues, the Indian startup story is at a crossroads today. While the market seems bullish about their prospects, we risk tempting Indian founders to register their startups outside India to avoid onerous compliance.
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Safeguarding The Unsuspecting User: App Stores Taken Over By Fraudulent Apps
The presence of fraudulent apps on app stores poses a grave threat to the burgeoning smartphone user community. But removing such apps is not an easy problem to solve
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Balancing Privacy and Agency: Data Governance Needs a Gender Lens
As India moves towards an increasingly digital society, how privacy and data governance laws may impact women’s safety and agency on the internet should not come as an afterthought
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