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Getting Regulation Right in a Global Digital World:
Universal service, Competition, Consumer Protection, Competition, Ethics and Privacy have become even more significant given that Digital Technologies increasingly underlie the economic, social and political aspects of our lives. Artificial intelligence and the Metaverse are here to stay and Singularity is probably not as far as we may imagine. The global nature of these issues calls for international collaboration, cooperation and judicious regulation. This blog discusses these contemporary issues from the author’s multi-speciality perspective and offers unique and thought-provoking insights.
Aug 17, 2016
Universal Service: Regulation, Competition and Contemporary Issues
Its been a long time since I wrote. An invitation to speak at a Conference on Universal Service in India in the context of India’s...
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Dec 31, 2015
Free Basics-Do we need Facebook to (selectively) connect India
I have read extensively and written previously on net neutrality . However, my pleasure in reading critics of breaching net neutrality...
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Dec 13, 2015
The Net Neutrality Debate in India: The problem with killing more than one bird…
Certain misleading arguments are being propounded by broadband service providers and some analysts in India to counter the pro net...
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Apr 30, 2015
The Net Neutrality Debate in the Indian Context, with a Pinch of Salt
I reproduce here my article on the subject, also available at this link . It is easy to get swept away in the maelstrom of views and...
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Apr 29, 2015
The Net Neutrality Debate in the Indian Context-A Pinch of Salt
I reproduce here my article on the subject, also available at this link . It is easy to get swept away in the maelstrom of views and...
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Aug 26, 2014
If wishes were horses…
It is reported that, ” [t]he cabinet on Wednesday approved the ambitious Digital India programme that aims to connect all gram...
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Aug 14, 2014
Letting the Market Function
A very thoughtprovoking paper on Broadband in USA highlights the power of innovation, genuine competition and allowing markets to...
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Jan 14, 2014
Progress the E-way
A though provoking article “ Solving Social issues through Technology ” draws attention to the progress India has made in the realm of...
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Jan 7, 2014
Digital Literacy and the Huge untapped Demand for Internet in Rural India
An article in the Financial Express titled “ Time to Push the Pedal ” highlights yet again the huge potential of imparting digital...
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Nov 30, 2013
Wi Fi Internet for Indian Village Local Government Offices-Going Around in Circles?
A news item in the Times of India (November 30, 2013) titled “Govt clears internet wi-fi plan for rural India” states that a proposal to...
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Nov 30, 2013
Internet for Indian Villages-Where does the solution lie?
One possible answer is that we have to encourage community participation rather than purely top down supply side big schemes. We have had...
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Nov 11, 2013
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose
An article in the Economic Times today laments that poor rural teledensity is lie to hamper achievement of India’s broadband target of...
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Nov 6, 2013
NOFN Veering Away from its Core Objective?
In a post titled BBNL and Competition Neutral Broadband Funding I had mentioned the proposal to make India’s USF funded rural broadband...
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Nov 5, 2013
Internet for Rural Livelihoods
I have written earlier about internet based applications and services and their positive impact by way of bridging infrastructural gaps....
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Oct 30, 2013
Internet/Broadband in India-So Important and Yet So Scarce
An article by Mr Manzar in the Mint highlights at the end of 2012, internet users were only 10% of the population making it among the...
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Oct 29, 2013
BBNL and Competition Neutral Broadband Funding
The Economic Time reports that BBNL( NOFN ) which is at present an infrastructure provider may acquire a unified license and become a...
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Oct 28, 2013
Mobiles for Medical Help in Rural Areas
In an article titled " Soon Medical Services through Phone "it is informed that " Notwithstanding challenges like low bandwidth and...
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Oct 15, 2013
Relevant Markets of the Future
It is interesting to think of broadband which people like me have already likened to a bridge across infrastructural gaps as being...
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Sep 28, 2013
Public Funding of Incumbent-Centric Broadband Networks
In a post titled, “ Incumbents and national Broadband Networks-Broadband Deliver U.K Project ” under the label “ Broadband Deliver U.K...
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Sep 28, 2013
The Importance of Being Connected
I quote below from two studies. They highlights the importance of connectivity for political, social and economic development and...
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Oct 25, 2024
Universalising Digital Transformation by Safeguarding Digital Rights-Teaching Bright Minds at the Law Institute Nirma University, Ahmedabad
My focus when teaching digital regulation and digital transformation is always on trust and consumer-centric design. I thoroughly enjoyed...
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Oct 2, 2024
AI and Liberty, A Topic Less Tantalizing
Kahlil Gibran is credited with saying, "Life without liberty is like a body without spirit." My question is, what will human existence be...
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Aug 24, 2024
No (,) End (to) Spam and Scams
In the past few months, I have received countless spam calls and messages to the point that I have become robotic about disconnecting...
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Jun 20, 2024
AI and Human Creative Content: Plaigirism and Petty Theft
An article in today’s Economic Times draws attention to the problem of Artificial intelligence-related plagiarism. I was happy to read...
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Jun 19, 2024
Responsible AI and Applications in Higher Education
I recently moderated a panel AI in Higher Education on June 15, 2024 . It was interesting and informative and the panel was brilliant....
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May 13, 2024
Barbie or Ken, No Perfect Ten- For my Students
Are we Going Backwards? It was disturbing to read the recent Economist article about the hardening of conservative and chauvinistic...
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May 9, 2024
The Writing on The Wall-When Consumers Can Choose, They Do
Getting Regulation Right Recently, I spoke in an International Telecommunications Union expert panel on Data Protection in a joint...
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Apr 3, 2024
Tech Regulation and E-Commerce are Interrelated
Getting Regulation Right: E-commerce means that there is even more at stake for the consumer. E-Commerce and the Digital Consumer Having...
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Mar 16, 2024
The Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin of Digital Regulation?
Getting Regulation Right: Regulating AI Harry Potter struggled between Gryffindor and Slytherin before choosing.However, to get...
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Nov 25, 2023
Should AI Governance be Another Race to Dominate, or Should We Work Together to Safeguard Humanity?
AI Governance, Trust and Humanity. Artificial Intelligence is here to stay. Social media is rife with helpful content about how we must...
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Oct 8, 2023
Don’t Kill the Golden Goose; or Is This About Saving Red Riding Hood?
The Competition and Innovation Story : Part I An oft-asked question that has cropped up more than once during my ongoing course on “Ex...
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Sep 25, 2023
It’s Now, or Never Part II: The Era of Convergent and Collaborative Regulation
I recently advised a young team from a global Tech startup on AI Governance; we discussed the issue of divergent and evolving regulatory...
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Sep 23, 2023
Why Wait for Regulation? Digital Markets Need New Business Models
Why wait for regulation? While mavericks will play their part, Tech. Giants could lead the way with new, consumer-friendly business...
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Sep 11, 2023
It’s Now, or Never-Responsible Digital Transformation Requires Solid Global Governance.
It’s Now, or Never-Responsible Digital Transformation Requires Solid Global Governance. The G 20 New Delhi Leaders Declaration has won...
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Sep 8, 2023
Why Privacy Matters-Dark Patterns & Other Realities
Why Privacy Matters in a Digital World – Dark Patterns and Other Realities. Various Indian newspapers have reported today that the...
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Aug 25, 2023
A Heartening Clarification on Privacy
In a Democracy, the choice of how to regulate matters involving protecting citizens’ rights should be straightforward. An elected...
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Aug 16, 2023
The Dawn of a New Era in the Saga of Digital Transformation; Some Things Never Change
Hear from an influential thought leader and digital transformation speaker . Global Digital Transformation began with landlines and is...
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Aug 14, 2023
An AI Atlas-Mapping Uncharted Territory
This is recommended reading for anyone interested in AI regulation. It is hard to put down the ‘Atlas of AI’ by Kate Crawford. The book...
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Jul 21, 2023
Why Do We Need Ex Ante Regulation of AI? Is Self Regulation Not Enough?
Algorithmic regulation should be rooted in ethics and be legally enforceable. As human creations, algorithms are controlled by us; we...
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Jul 16, 2023
The Teaching of Public Policy
Teaching my discipline, i.e., Public Policy (in my case, with an emphasis on Technology), has a long theoretical legacy. However, the...
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