A Survey on AI and Ethics
If you’re a relevant stakeholder, you can fill in the survey, here – http://tiny.cc/SFLCin_AI_Study. Currently, we at SFLC.in are studying the ethical questions around the…
‘Ethics by Design in AI’ – A Roundtable at IIM-Banglaore
On 20 July, 2019 (Saturday), SFLC.in in association with Facebook and IIM-Bangalore conducted a round table with start-ups, businesses, academicians, civil society and lawyers/ researchers…
Round table on Ethics by Design in AI – ‘Save the Date’
‘Ethics by Design in AI’ The next frontier of technology infusion in the daily life of humans is powered by AI. As AI applications…
TRAI Consultation on OTT Regulation – Follow-up Submission on Surveillance Reform
On 20 May 2019, during TRAI’s ‘Open House Discussion’ in Delhi on OTT communication services, certain arguments were raised regarding national security concerns surrounding encrypted…
Any regulation of online speech in India must safeguard the rights to free speech and privacy
Unlike the US, free speech in India is not absolute. Our Constitution, while guaranteeing the freedom of speech and expression, places “reasonable restrictions” on this…
Critical security advisory: WhatsApp vulnerability
WhatsApp has reported that a security vulnerability in the app was exploited to install the NSO Pegasus spyware in certain iPhones and Android phones. The…
Joint Letter to DPIIT on Lack of Transparency in the Public Consultation Process to the E-Commerce Policy
On 23 Feb. 2018, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (“DPIIT”) released the ‘Draft National E-Commerce Policy’ (“the Draft Policy”) which addressed…
Google v. Visakha: Final Arguments
In 2009, Visakha Industries, a construction company involved in the manufacturing of asbestos cement sheets, filed a criminal defamation case against Ban Asbestos Network India…
Our executive Director meeting with AC3
SFLC.in’s Executive Director Sundar Krishnan and Ex-executive Director Biju K. Nair have met students and volunteers from Ambedkar Community Computing Center (AC3) on April 26th…
Roundtable on ‘Policy Enabling – Information Technology in Healthcare’
We are organising an invite-only round table discussion on ‘Policy Enabling – Information Technology in Healthcare’ in Bangalore on 27 April 2019 in association with IIM…
A ‘Digital Rights Reform Agenda’ for India – What Have Political Parties Missed Out this Election Season?
Yesterday, India entered 7-phases of national elections spanning a little over a month. This election season, we bring to you a ‘Digital Rights Reform Agenda’…
Blue Paper – Conference on Future of Tech Policy in India
We organised a Conference on ‘Future of Tech Policy in India’ on 15 March 2019 in Delhi. Over 150 people participated in the conference. Our report…