New Delhi must avoid getting caught up in tired existing machinations and instead forge a new path for itself that prioritises Indian strategic interests.
Social media platforms were ostensibly conceived to democratise ideas, not stifle them. What is at stake is if the US’s friends continue to trust the products and services coming out of the country.
Online civic life across developing and developed countries has been adversely affected, with serious consequences to the offline world.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution has created complexity in the international power model of state sovereignty.
The contours of global supply chains in the 2020s and beyond will be shaped by the evolving understandings of “trust.” ...
The ease and speed with which cyberweapons can be recycled heighten risks in ways that are incomparable to other domains of conflict.
We need to be in a better position to do our homework and genuinely assess the environmental impact of digital technologies, including AI.
It is a moment of awakening, as we are still suffering a pandemic that made “digital” the daily real — exposing divides and flaws, glitches and abuse of power from tech companies, and discriminatory designs and authoritarian uses of apps and tracking systems.
In order to safeguard against function creep, governments and platforms must be transparent about how and where automated tools are used.
The Competition Commission of India has treated data protection as a non-price competition parameter and found a compromise on this parameter by the dominant social media app, both exploitative and exclusionary.
Peer pressure is the single most effective tool for building successful platforms that encourage women’s participation without fear.
Digitalisation has adversely affected the advertisement-driven business model of journalism. While there has been an acknowledgement that steps should be taken to ensure a healthy and plural news media sector — there are not many precedents to help devise the correct policy tool.
Governments must realise that cryptocurrencies were created as a reaction to neoliberal policies and wholly strive to understand how the state can build better outcomes for citizens.
Rahul Batra is a geopolitical analyst with extensive experience at the intersection of digital platforms and international affairs. ...
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Roshani Jain is a Research Assistant for the Strategic Studies Programme, under the Neighbourhood Team. Her research interests include South Asian environmental security and international resource sharing, with a special emphasis on hydro-diplomacy. She is interested in exploring environmental policy discourses ...
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