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Tensions between the US and European Union (EU) have flared as the new Trump administration threatens tariffs in response to the bloc’s fines and taxes on American tech giants. This has raised a critical question for India: Should it emulate the EU’s regulatory playbook for Big Tech? While the EU has been proactive in establishing tech regulations such as the Digital Markets Act (DMA), Digital Services Act (DSA), and the landmark AI Act, some experts have cautioned against the wholesale adoption of the EU model by countries like India. “I find it remarkable that Europe pushes aggressively everywhere in the world to copy and to imitate, but at the same time when you ask ‘do we have a track record of success?’, no one knows,” Daniel Sokol, a law professor at the University of Southern California (USC) Gould School of Law, said at a panel discussion organised by the Policy Consensus Centre in New Delhi on Wednesday, March 5. Story continues below this ad The panel discussion comes just a week after EU President Ursula …
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh said that the usage of filthy language must not be deemed as talent and a “very limited regulatory measure” must be imposed. The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to formulate guidelines on regulating social media content amid the ongoing controversy over the “India’s Got Latent” show which involved the use of explicit sexual references by YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia and comedian Samay Raina. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh said that the usage of filthy language must not be deemed as talent and a “very limited regulatory measure” must be imposed. “We don’t want any regulatory regime which leads to censorship…but it can’t be a free for all. See the quality of humour he has…humour is something the entire family can enjoy, nobody feels embarrassed. Using all filthy language is not talent,” Justice Kant said. “Think about what can be a very limited regulatory measure which must not lead to censorship…which must have some element of control…Something needs to be …
European politicians and advocacy groups are adamant that the region’s legislation is not hardline enough to dismantle the monopolies of Big Tech companies. In the last week, two open letters have been penned to regulators criticising how Apple and Google remain unchecked. On Jan. 16, four digital rights groups responded to the measures proposed by the European Commission for Apple to ensure interoperability with iOS and iPadOS operating systems. They allege that Apple’s current process for handling interoperability requests is convoluted, discouraging developers from submitting them. “Gatekeeper” organisations — the most prominent tech firms operating in Europe, including Apple and Google’s parent company Alphabet — must provide third parties with the tools they need to make their software and hardware products work seamlessly with their own, as per the Digital Markets Act. SEE: EU Approves NVIDIA Deal With Run:ai, Pushes for Apple Interoperability The next day, Club de Madrid, a network of former European heads of state, voiced its support of the Commission “end(ing) Google’s monopoly over digital advertising technologies” through forced divestiture. “Google’s unchecked …
Last Updated: September 07, 2024, 00:05 IST The bench said the poll panel is competent to handle the issue and it cannot run the Election Commission. (Image: PTI) “The government is already elected now. Let us now close the saga of what happens during elections and let us now get on with governance in the country,” the CJI said The Supreme Court on Friday junked a PIL seeking to regulate exit polls for its alleged impact on election results, saying “let us get on with governance in the country” and close this “saga”. Terming the public interest litigation (PIL) as a “political interest litigation”, a bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra dismissed the plea filed by B L Jain. “The government is already elected now. Let us now close the saga of what happens during elections and let us now get on with governance in the country,” the CJI said. The bench said the poll panel is competent to handle the issue and it cannot run …
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has expressed concerns that not many nations have implemented the rules it had laid down to regulate the virtual digital assets sector. In a report issued by the FATF, the delay in deploying and adoption of these crypto-related rules is leaving room for criminal activities to take shape. The organisation has analysed 12 months of data to prepare a list of nations, detailing the rules adopted by each nation. “In February 2023, the FATF Plenary agreed on a roadmap to strengthen implementation of the FATF Standards on virtual assets and virtual asset service providers (VASPs). Many countries have yet to fully implement the FATF’s requirements on virtual assets and virtual asset service providers to prevent their misuse for illicit finance,” the organisation said in an official post. The Paris-based global financial watchdog has been trying to resolve issues tied to the misuse of crypto assets by criminals for money laundering or terror financing. Back in November 2022, the FATF had unofficially mandated countries to abide by its anti-money laundering …
Government guidelines on regulating the coaching industry will impact thousands of tutoring centres that have mushroomed across the country. What’s wrong with the system and why were these guidelines needed in the first place? Mint explains: What is the coaching fracas about? Last week, the government published guidelines for coaching centres scrapping enrolment of students below 16 years of age—enrolment should only be after secondary school (standard 10) examination. This rule caused worry since India’s coaching industry has become an alternative education channel. Students are enrolled as early as 10-12 years and prepared for engineering, medical and civil service exams. In these exams, the ratio of success is very low. Hundreds of thousands attempt to crack these tests every year. Coaching centres are most popular in Bihar, Rajasthan, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. Why does the industry need regulating? The rise in students dying by suicide (26 as per news reports in Kota alone in 2023) points to the pressures that school children face. The Department of Higher Education under the Ministry of Education last week …
The Maharashtra legislative council on Wednesday passed the Maharashtra Bovine Breeding Regulation Bill, 2023 which seeks to regulate the breeding of bovine species including cows, reported the PTI. According to the news agency, the `Maharashtra Go Jatiya Prajanan Bill` was presented by Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development Minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil in the upper house. It provides for stringent quality control measures for the semen used in artificial insemination, regulation of insemination practices and the creation of the Maharashtra Go Rajya Prajnan Niyaman Pradhikaran (Bovine Breeding Regulation Authority), a dedicated body for overseeing and enforcing quality control, the minister said, as per the PTI. The bill also promotes technological advancements such as the use of sex-sorted semen at a subsidized rate and aims to address the shortage of qualified veterinarians by establishing private veterinary universities, said Vikhe Patil. The legislation has the potential to rejuvenate the dairy industry in Maharashtra and seeks to make the state a leader in sustainable and high-yield milk production, he said. Maharashtra legislative council passes bill to waive duty on …
Governments across the world and Internet forums have lagged behind in rulemaking for big technology players for their innovations that can cause harm to society, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Sunday. Speaking at the India Internet Governance Forum (IGF) hosted by FICCI, Chandrasekhar further said the Internet, which has been a force for good, has also increasingly begun to represent risk, user harm and criminality. “For too long governments of the world and indeed, IGF and most forums have lagged behind these big private platforms, big tech platforms in terms of the do’s and don’ts and the rulemaking that are required. “We treated them for very long as innovators and innovations rather than deal with them as innovations as well as those innovations potentially being able to cause harm and create other disruptions to society and people,” Chandrasekhar said. He said safety and trust are core issues for the government to address, especially because 1.2 billion Indians are going to use the Internet. “They are going to be the …
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a PIL filed by NGO Citizens for Justice and Peace seeking directions to regulate religious processions across the country, asking the petitioner not to portray “as if all religious processions are a source of riots”. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha said the Supreme Court cannot be dragged into every area of law and order which is under the state, reported Bar and Bench. Senior advocate CU Singh on behalf of the NGO said only the Supreme Court can do something. “I have myself gone through these commissions of inquires. we are on laying down guidelines and how these permissions are given,” he said. Singh added that today processions are held brandishing weapons like swords etc. and happen during religious festivals. On this, the CJI said if permission is wrong, it is challenged under Article 226 before the high court… Prayers are not judicially manageable. It seeks a roving writ of mandamus and law and order falls within the ambit of the …
