
Analysis and commentary on technology law, privacy, and AI regulation.
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Humans have a tendency to attribute humanity and conscience to the inanimate. It's what makes us human. It's also what makes us vulnerable to harms posed by AI.
Why predictive policing debates that focus only on AI miss the bigger picture — AI is just the topmost layer of India's pre-existing digital policing stack.
On MeitY's reported exploration of 'law-to-code' — converting legal provisions directly into software for automated enforcement.
An introduction to global discourse on protecting transgender rights, and how the concept of protection itself has been defined.
Examining the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act 2019, the 2026 Amendment, and what privacy-centric legislation could look like.
Concluding thoughts on legibility, the state's relationship with the transgender community, and the unfulfilled promise of NALSA.
What we mean by AI, what the components of AI regulation are, and why disparities in global approaches make it difficult to stay compliant.
A cross-jurisdictional survey of AI regulatory approaches across the USA, European Union, and China.
What scholars propose India must do to build a future-proof, rights-centric AI framework.
An assessment of the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules 2025 — where they address real concerns, and where they still fall short.
Tracing the technology of surveillance and suppression of minority gender identity, from the Criminal Tribes Act 1871 onward.
On DPIIT's Working Paper on Generative AI and Copyright, and the 'One Nation One License One Payment' model it proposes.
On the Telegram, WhatsApp, and Bitchat Executive Orders