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If we envision the future of money to be completely digital it is possible for us to tokenise everything. This means that we will be able to build a digital ledger for different assets and by unifying these ledgers we will be able to build a new framework for commerce.
In the US, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act grants online platforms immunity from prosecution for user generated content. This has, so far, defined how content moderation is carried out around the world. This week, the US Supreme court started hearing arguments in
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We tend to think of India as the global epicentre of digital public infrastructure. But even though we’ve made exceptional progress here in India, digital public infrastructure is a global phenomenon. Countries of the Global South are eager to deploy DPI and are looking to India…
Given the buzz around artificial intelligence its easy to overlook how much this new technology will challenge the ways in which we have thought about copyright law and the rights of artists over their works. We are going to have to re-think much of what we have taken for granted…

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Every time a new technology comes around it threatens the status quo. Incumbents protest against it worried about the effect that it will have on their…
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Even the idea of the Digi Yatra app raises privacy concerns. But if you can set aside your preconceived notions and dig into the documentation that…
There are rumblings about the role that self-regulatory organisations play in India’s digital public ecosystems and the concerns that they may become…
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We are potentially on the verge of momentous change. The search technology that was responsible for so much of the modern internet is facing its…
In 2022 I wrote 47 articles. They covered a broad spectrum of issues - from innovation and intellectual property to privacy and content moderation. In a…
I made some predictions about how the year in tech policy would shape up. I guess, looking back, I was sort of right about the overall outcome even if…
There are basically two types of entrepreneurs — and they are each very different from each other. We tend to conflate them into one, expecting more…
If the purpose of education is to equip the younger generation with the skills they need to face the challenges of the world they are growing into, it…
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