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Comments on the Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022
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Public Tech
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January 31, 2023
Comments on the Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022

Aman Nair | Shashidhar KJ | Karthik Suresh | Urvashi Aneja | Rishab Bailey
Intelligent Artificial: Interrogating AI Art in the Age of the Creative Economy
Blog
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Responsible AI
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December 3, 2022
Intelligent Artificial: Interrogating AI Art in the Age of the Creative Economy

The avatar generator, Lensa, has stoked the fires of the AI art debate; Sasha John considers both sides and poses some more important questions on the implications of AI art.

Sasha John
Comments on the Draft Telecommunication Bill, 2022
Policy
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Public Tech
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November 10, 2022
Comments on the Draft Telecommunication Bill, 2022

Digital Futures Lab's Aman Nair and xKDR's Rishab Bailey submitted comments on the draft Indian Telecommunications Bill, 2022. Here are the highlights. 

Aman Nair | Rishab Bailey
Treating ‘data as oil’ squanders its immense potential
Op-Ed
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Public Tech
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October 3, 2022
Treating ‘data as oil’ squanders its immense potential

Open data initiatives could give developing economies the edge in the fourth industrial revolution. India’s approach offers learnings for all.

Urvashi Aneja | Rishab Bailey
'Can Digital Public Goods Deliver More Equitable Futures?': A UNDP RBAP Foresight Brief
Brief
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Public Tech
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September 21, 2022
'Can Digital Public Goods Deliver More Equitable Futures?': A UNDP RBAP Foresight Brief

'Can Digital Public Goods Deliver More Equitable Futures?' is part of UNDP RBAP's knowledge briefs to help reframe and inform the ways we imagine and shape development futures in the Asia Pacific.

Urvashi Aneja
Axiom: A DFL Card Game to Reimagine Gov-Tech Futures
Blog
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Public Tech
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September 1, 2022
Axiom: A DFL Card Game to Reimagine Gov-Tech Futures

How might we reimagine gov-tech for citizen-driven futures? We urgently need new imaginaries to steer technology and policy toward preferable outcomes.

Urvashi Aneja | Aman Nair | Swati Joshi | Sasha John
A Handbook for Implementing a Capacity Building Course for Policy Makers on AI
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Responsible AI
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August 23, 2022
A Handbook for Implementing a Capacity Building Course for Policy Makers on AI

DFL collaborated with GIZ & HSRC to create a capacity-building course - and a handbook on how to replicate it - geared toward policymakers invested in learning more about AI governance.

Sasha John
Reframing AI Governance: Perspectives from Asia
Book
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Responsible AI
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August 10, 2022
Reframing AI Governance: Perspectives from Asia

Much of the scholarship on AI governance is based on the experiences of a few western industrialised economies. This book imagines alternative frameworks for AI governance from the global south

Urvashi Aneja | Ramathi Bandaranayake | Jennifer Bourne | Julia Chen | Yuchen Chen | Mark Findlay | Maya Indira Ganesh | Cindy Lin | Vidushi Marda | Jun-E Tan | Willow Wong
Trading In The Grey: The Precarious Case Of Crypto-Exchanges Under E-Commerce Regulation
Op-Ed
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Responsible Tech
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August 8, 2022
Trading In The Grey: The Precarious Case Of Crypto-Exchanges Under E-Commerce Regulation

Regulation of cryptocurrency and cryptoexchanges in India is in a 'grey area' under e-commerce regulation. Here's why that matters.

Aman Nair | Vipul Kharbanda
Graphic Short: 'Towards Responsible Data Practices for Machine Learning in India: Health & Agriculture'
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Responsible Tech
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July 8, 2022
Graphic Short: 'Towards Responsible Data Practices for Machine Learning in India: Health & Agriculture'

This DFL report is accompanied by a graphic short that highlights the challenges faced by different, integral workers in the data life-cycles specific to healthcare and agriculture in India.

Urvashi Aneja | Sasha John
Disability & Access to Public Digital Health Services
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May 4, 2022
Disability & Access to Public Digital Health Services

A panel discussion with 4 disability rights experts on the inaccessibility of COVID-specific digital health services.

Arjita Mital & Urvashi Aneja
The challenges of protecting data and rights in the metaverse
Op-Ed
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Big Tech
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April 13, 2022
The challenges of protecting data and rights in the metaverse

Tech companies and investors are hailing the metaverse as the future of the web. But what are the likely human rights implications and who gets to reap the benefits?

Urvashi Aneja
Towards Responsible Data Practices for Machine Learning in India: Health & Agriculture
Report
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Responsible AI
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April 12, 2022
Towards Responsible Data Practices for Machine Learning in India: Health & Agriculture

This study examines the data practices entailed in building AI systems for healthcare and agriculture in India.

Angelina Chamuah | Harsh Bajpai
FOSS is Necessary but Not Sufficient: Lessons from the History and Politics of the Free and Open-Source Software Movement in India
Report
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Public Tech
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April 11, 2022
FOSS is Necessary but Not Sufficient: Lessons from the History and Politics of the Free and Open-Source Software Movement in India

This paper explores obstacles, ideological divides and the way forward for the free and open-source software movement in India.

Jasmine Folz
When Private Digital Platforms Become Infrastructures: Lessons for regulation in India
Report
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Big Tech
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December 3, 2021
When Private Digital Platforms Become Infrastructures: Lessons for regulation in India

The paper examines the infrastructural roles played by Big Tech platforms in India and whether the Essential Facilities Doctrine can be an effective regulatory tool.

Amrita Vasudevan
Regulating AI in India: Of Outcomes and Processes
Blog
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Responsible AI
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October 21, 2021
Regulating AI in India: Of Outcomes and Processes

This piece explores the implications of adopting a risk-based approach to regulating Artificial Intelligence in India.

Amrita Vasudevan
Rethinking AI Governance : From Problem Solving to Problem Diagnosis
Op-Ed
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Responsible AI
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September 1, 2021
Rethinking AI Governance : From Problem Solving to Problem Diagnosis

Alongside ‘problem solving’ approaches that focus on reducing the harm produced by AI, we also need ‘problem diagnosis' approaches that examine how current AI imaginaries & economies have arisen.

Urvashi Aneja
Locating Responsibility in Socio-Technical Systems
Report
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Responsible Tech
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July 15, 2021
Locating Responsibility in Socio-Technical Systems

The first in a series of working papers examining the different meanings and practices of responsiblity in science and technology.

Amrita Vasudevan | Angelina Chamuah | Urvashi Aneja
Lives of Data: Essays on Computational Cultures in India
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June 30, 2021
Lives of Data: Essays on Computational Cultures in India

Sandeep Mertia shares insights his recent book ( Editor) Lives of Data: Computational Cultures in India.

Sandeep Mertia (ed.)
Co-designing digital interventions and technology projects with civil society
Report
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Responsible Tech
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April 6, 2021
Co-designing digital interventions and technology projects with civil society

This paper explores the concept of co-design between technology companies and civil society, using COVID-19 technology interventions as an entry point.

Mark Latonero | Urvashi Aneja
The economy and regulatory practice that biometric inspires
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March 31, 2021
The economy and regulatory practice that biometric inspires

Nayantara Ranganathan presents her latest paper on the use of biometric data for private sector profit in India.

Nayantara Ranganathan
Distant, Opaque and Seamful: Seeing the state through the workings of Aadhar in India 
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February 19, 2021
Distant, Opaque and Seamful: Seeing the state through the workings of Aadhar in India 

In this talk, Bidisha Chaudhuri discusses how India's digital identity system is altering the relationship between citizens and the state.

Bidisha Chaudhuri
 Enforcement Mechanisms for Responsible #AI for All
Report
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Responsible AI
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January 31, 2021
Enforcement Mechanisms for Responsible #AI for All

This report considers the suitability of a risk-based approach to the governance of AI in the Indian context.

Urvashi Aneja | Amrita Vasudevan | Angelina Chamuah
Who drives data in data-driven governance? The politics of data production in India’s livelihood program
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January 7, 2021
Who drives data in data-driven governance? The politics of data production in India’s livelihood program

Rajesh Hanbal & Janaki Srinivasan present their latest paper on data production in government information systems.

Rajesh Hanbal & Janaki Srinivasan
Can Excel Sheets have Ethics?
Event
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Responsible AI
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December 18, 2020
Can Excel Sheets have Ethics?

The webinar presents some of the key learnings and recommendations from our research on AI in India, and features a moderated panel discussion on the governance of AI in India.

Digital public goods and playgrounds in India
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December 1, 2020
Digital public goods and playgrounds in India

Arun Sukumar presents his latest paper on digital public goods.

Arun Sukumar
AI on the Ground: A Snapshot of AI use in India
Report
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Responsible AI
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November 1, 2020
AI on the Ground: A Snapshot of AI use in India

This report presents an exhaustive study on the current uses of AI in India, reviewing 70+ use cases across 9 key sectors, including policing, agriculture, health, and education.

Urvashi Aneja, Vikrom Mathur, Angelina Chamuah, Abishek Reddy, Harsh Ghildiyal & Joanne D’Cunha
A Balancing Act: The Promise and Peril of Big Tech in India
Report
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Big Tech
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August 1, 2020
A Balancing Act: The Promise and Peril of Big Tech in India

This report examines the impact of Big Tech companies on Indian markets and society.

Urvashi Aneja | Angelina Chamuah
Putting the Cart before the Horse? An evaluation of the framework for National Open Digital Ecosystems
Report
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Public Tech
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May 30, 2020
Putting the Cart before the Horse? An evaluation of the framework for National Open Digital Ecosystems

We examine the proposed NODE framework and draw attention to issues of governance, institutional capacity, and community engagement.

Urvashi Aneja | Angelina Chamuah | Harsh Ghildiyal | Joanne D'Cunha
Event
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January 7, 2023
Designing for Justice: Public Institutions in the State of Goa
Blog
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December 8, 2022
The Agami Summit 2022: Big Ideas for Justice
Op-Ed
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December 4, 2022
Public Sector Procurement of AI Must Take a Principled Approach
Report
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November 30, 2022
Response to NITI Aayog's Latest FRT Framework
Event
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April 7, 2022
National Implementation of AI: A Crash Course and Ideathon  for Policy-Makers in Telangana
Blog
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April 1, 2022
Global Index for Responsible AI
Event
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March 19, 2022
‘Decolonising AI? A View from the South’: MozFest 2022
Blog
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March 18, 2022
Response to Data Access and Accessibility Policy 2022
Blog
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March 10, 2022
Personal Data, Rentier Innovation, and the Global South
Blog
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September 13, 2021
Data Practices for Machine Learning in India : Towards building a bottom-up agenda for Responsible AI in India
Blog
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August 9, 2021
Governing AI: Law, Policy and Institutions in Asia
Blog
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August 3, 2021
AI Governance in 2020: Observations of 52 Global Experts
Blog
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May 27, 2021
New rules for AI: Is the European Commission striking the right balance?
Blog
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May 27, 2021
In Pursuit of Inclusivity: Understanding the Draft National E-commerce Policy 2021
Blog
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January 1, 2021
What is Big Tech?
Op-Ed
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October 8, 2020
How to check Facebook’s influence on Indian democracy
Report
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August 19, 2020
Covid-19 Tech Tools for Public Health
Report
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May 30, 2020
AI for Healthcare: Insights from India
Report
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January 9, 2020
Evaluating the Expert Committee Report on Non-Personal Data
Event
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January 7, 2023
Designing for Justice: Public Institutions in the State of Goa
Dona Mathew
Blog
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December 8, 2022
The Agami Summit 2022: Big Ideas for Justice
Dona Mathew
Op-Ed
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December 4, 2022
Public Sector Procurement of AI Must Take a Principled Approach
Urvashi Aneja
Report
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November 30, 2022
Response to NITI Aayog's Latest FRT Framework
Aman Nair | Dona Mathew | Urvashi Aneja
Event
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April 7, 2022
National Implementation of AI: A Crash Course and Ideathon  for Policy-Makers in Telangana
Urvashi Aneja | Vrinda Bhardwaj
Blog
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April 1, 2022
Global Index for Responsible AI
Sasha John
Event
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March 19, 2022
‘Decolonising AI? A View from the South’: MozFest 2022
Abbas Bagwala | Vrinda Bhandari
Blog
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March 18, 2022
Response to Data Access and Accessibility Policy 2022
Urvashi Aneja
Blog
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March 10, 2022
Personal Data, Rentier Innovation, and the Global South
Urvashi Aneja
Blog
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September 13, 2021
Data Practices for Machine Learning in India : Towards building a bottom-up agenda for Responsible AI in India
Harsh Bajpai
Blog
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August 9, 2021
Governing AI: Law, Policy and Institutions in Asia
Angelina Chamuah
Blog
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August 3, 2021
AI Governance in 2020: Observations of 52 Global Experts
Urvashi Aneja
Blog
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May 27, 2021
New rules for AI: Is the European Commission striking the right balance?
Angelina Chamuah
Blog
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May 27, 2021
In Pursuit of Inclusivity: Understanding the Draft National E-commerce Policy 2021
Amrita Vasudevan
Blog
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January 1, 2021
What is Big Tech?
Urvashi Aneja | Angelina Chamuah
Op-Ed
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October 8, 2020
How to check Facebook’s influence on Indian democracy
Urvashi Aneja
Report
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August 19, 2020
Covid-19 Tech Tools for Public Health
Urvashi Aneja | Angelina Chamuah | More...
Report
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May 30, 2020
AI for Healthcare: Insights from India
Urvashi Aneja | Claire Munoz Parry
Report
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January 9, 2020
Evaluating the Expert Committee Report on Non-Personal Data
Urvashi Aneja | Harsh Ghildiyal | Joanne D'Cunha | Zaheb Ahmad
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