There's been some great conversation about the issues our suit against Meta brings up for middleware and other internet architecture issues. An overview of some of those conversations here: ethanzuckerman.com/2024/05/02/zuc…

#disinfo #politics #infodemic #FoE #censorship #Twitter #India

Good people of X, connect me with a lawyer knowledgeable about image-based sexual abuse (a.k.a the misnomer 'revenge p0rn') laws in India? DM or first name dot last name at Gmail dot com.

After gay penguins, might we be seeing gay peacocks?

An important clash between Indian law requiring procedural fairness (Rule 4(8) of the Intermediary Rules) and a platform's terms of service (in this case: Instagram's 3-strikes copyright rule).

#DelhiHC #Meta #copyright #IntermediaryLiability

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विदेशी युरेशियन ब्राह्मण पुरुष जो सुप्रीम कोर्ट में न्याय करने के लिए बैठे हैं वह न्याय नहीं कर रहे हैं वह विदेशी युरेशियन ब्राह्मणो के समर्थन में निर्णय दे रहे हैं यह खुले तौर पर लोकतंत्र की हत्या कर रहे हैं जिससे भारत देश में विदेशी युरेशियन ब्राह्मणो का राज कायम रह सके इन…

🚨EU stupidity alert: The Dutch DPA implies that search engines like Google/DuckDuckGo are almost always illegal since they scrape websites in an untargeted manner for commercial purposes.

The battle for the legality of web search has shifted from copyright to data protection.

#IHL #India #Palestine #Israel

#AccountabilityCulture #India #FoE

Could someone please challenge the mandatory ID proofs/KYC reqd for the issuance of SIM cards in India?
This happens under the UAS / Unified licence (i.e., a contract), and isn't a requirement under a law.
Given this, surely it fails the very first step of the Puttaswamy test?

#AccountabilityCulture #India #FoE #privatecensorship

#FoE #censorship #India #JournalismIsNotACrime

#disinfo #infodemic #Meta #Instagram #Facebook #Russia #EU #DSA

.National Testing Agency 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐓𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐘 UGC INDIA Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar your UGC-NET NTA online form is non-compliant with Guidelines for Indian Government Websites (GIGW 3) due to usage of the image-only CAPTCHA preventing access by blind.

Please withdraw this till it is rectified :
ugcnet.ntaonline.in

That most people’s political opinions are a matter of social identity expression rather than a commitment to particular principles is a well-established finding in political science

#JobAlert #TechPolicy #India

We consider the model code of conduct sacrosanct.

We shouldn't.

This is clear #censorship that cannot be justified in the name of conducting clean elections. This isn't akin to rules against invoking religion, etc.

#FoE #India #elections

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By the standard measure of 'more humanities students = enlightened progressivism', Jharkhand and Bihar ought to be the most progressive, empathy-filled, and the least patriarchal/cis-heteronormative/ableist/casteist/fascist states in India. Are they?

My latest New Scientist cartoon
#science #statues #astronomy