Preliminary On 26 September 2019, Medianama organised a roundtable discussion on online content regulation at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi. It was well attended with over a hundred people in attendance representing stakeholders such as Netflix, Jio, Hungama, content creators notably Gursimram Khamba, journalists, researchers, policy professionals and lawyers. The session was ledRead more
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A. Preliminary: On 09 August 2019, the Centre for Communication Governance (CCG) at National Law University (NLU), Delhi had organized a closed-door roundtable discussion on online content regulation, with a focus on video on demand (VOD) services. This post is based on our notes from the event. As the event was organized under Chatham House Rules, weRead more
This is the twelfth post, in a twelve (12) part series of posts, to map the opinions of all the stakeholders on the basis of their responses to the consultation paper on Privacy, Security, and Ownership of the Data in the Telecom Sector (Consultation Paper) published by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) onRead more
The Government’s Position on Cryptocurrency While the novelty factor of cryptocurrency and the blockchain technology has not abated since 2009, Indian regulators have only recently begun evaluating the financial and security risks posed by virtual currencies such as Bitcoin. The Finance Minister, Mr. Arun Jaitley, announced in his 2018 Budget Speech that the government doesRead more