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Health IDs: Voluntary or Mandatory?
- July 22, 2021
On August 15, 2020, the prime minister launched the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) with the objective of improving and streamlining the Indian healthcare system. In December 2020, the Central Government, notified the National Digital Health Mission: Health Data Management Policy (Health Data Policy) seeking to create a digital health ecosystem under the NDHM. A core pillar of the Health Data Policy is to create a unique health identity (UHID) for every Indian citizen.
Read more →Media Market Risk Ratings: India
- July 12, 2021
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) and the Global Disinformation Index (GDI) are launching a study into the risk of disinformation on digital news platforms in India, creating an index that is intended to serve donors and brands with a neutral assessment of news sites that they can utilise to defund disinformation.
Read more →The Ministry And The Trace: Subverting End-To-End Encryption
- July 12, 2021
A legal and technical analysis of the 'traceability' rule and its impact on messaging privacy.
Read more →Interoperability and Portability as a Lever to Enhance User Choice and Privacy in Messaging Platforms
- July 06, 2021
State of Consumer Digital Security in India
- July 05, 2021
This report attempts to identify the existing state of digital safety in India, with a mapping of digital threats, which will aid stakeholders in identifying and addressing digital security problems in the country. This project was funded by the Asia Foundation.
Read more →Comments on the Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2021
- July 05, 2021
In this submission, we examine the constitutionality and legality of the Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which was released by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
Read more →Community Data and Decisional Autonomy: Dissecting an Indian Legal Innovation for Emerging Economies
- July 02, 2021
Read this paper configuring community data with Indian constitutional jurisprudence by Amber Sinha and Arindrajit Basu
Read more →Right to Exclusion, Government Spaces, and Speech
- July 02, 2021
The conclusion of the litigation surrounding Trump blocking its critiques on Twitter brings to forefront two less-discussed aspects of intermediary liability: a) if social media platforms could be compelled to ‘carry’ speech under any established legal principles, thereby limiting their right to exclude users or speech, and b) whether users have a constitutional right to access social media spaces of elected officials. This essay analyzes these issues under the American law, as well as draws parallel for India, in light of the ongoing litigation around the suspension of advocate Sanjay Hegde’s Twitter account.
Read more →At the Heart of Crypto Investing, There is Tether. But Will its Promise Pan Out?
- July 01, 2021
The $18.5 million fine levied by the New York attorney general’s office earlier this year to settle a legal dispute, raises more questions than answers.
Read more →Submission to the Facebook Oversight Board in Case 2021-008-FB-FBR: Brazil, Health Misinformation and Lockdowns
- June 30, 2021
In this note, we answer questions set out by the Board, pursuant to case 2021-008-FB-FBR, which concerned a post made by a Brazilian sub-national health official, and raised questions on health misinformation and enforcement of Facebook's community standards.
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