Youth and Privacy: It does matter
Youth and Privacy: It does matter By Faisal Farooqui Imagine a busy highway. A small child of four or five years old is running…
Our Comments on National Digital Health Blueprint
On 04 August 2019, we submitted our comments on the National Digital Health Blueprint to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Read the full…
SFLC.in impleads in Kerala HC Against Denial of Internet Access to Female Residents
An undergratuate student at Sree Narayana College, Chelanur, Kozhikode, Kerala has filed a petition in Kerala High Court against discriminatory hostel rules for female residents…
Truecaller automatically retrieved bank account details of its users and registered them for UPI
Reports came out on Tuesday that the Truecaller app had sent SMS messages from phones of unsuspecting users to create UPI IDs with ICICI Bank. A…
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…