Notified by the Centre last month, the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021, clubbed social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter and digital news sites like The Wire, The Print and The News Minute under the same category. The guidelines that give Executive the power to block content across platforms have been challenged in court by online news media. The clause on identifying the “first originator” of mischievous content also poses a risk to user privacy of messaging platforms like WhatsApp. A panel discussion on the impact of new rules on free speech, user privacy and business.
Siddharth Varadarajan is a Founding Editor of The Wire. He was earlier the Editor of The Hindu and is a recipient of the Shorenstein Journalism Award and the Ramnath Goenka Award for Journalist of the Year. He taught Economics at New York University and Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, besides working at the Times of India.
Gurshabad Grover is a technologist and legal researcher, working as Senior Researcher at the Centre for Internet and Society. His writing focuses on network security & privacy, internet governance, and censorship & surveillance in India.
Nikhil Narendran is a Partner in the TMT team of Trilegal and has more than 12 years of experience in the technology, telecom, media, and commercial law practice areas.
Nikhil has substantial experience in advising companies such as Telenor, Meem, Sembcorp, Robert Bosch, Thomson Reuters, and Accenture on IP disputes, licensing, structuring, technology transfers, commercial IP utilization, re-negotiation and content liability laws. Nikhil has substantial experience in advising telecom and technology companies such as Truecaller, HP, AWS, and Amazon on a range of regulatory and contractual matters such as in relation to content liability, cyber security and data protection.
He was the winner of the ITechLaw Association's (formerly Computer Law Association) Travelling Fellowship Award 2011, as a part of which he worked at six European firms specializing in TMT. He was the Chair of ITechLaw Substantive Law committee on Interactive Entertainment & Media and is on the board of directors of the ITechLaw. He has been recognized in the Who’s Who Legal Telecommunication, Media and Technology and Who’s Who Data, IBLJ and Chambers and Partners. He recently authored a chapter on Big Data in State Possession as a part of the handbook on Blockchain for Property Governance published by the India Property Alliance. He recently co-authored a chapter on accountability in the publication Responsible AI-A Global Policy Framework. This was released in Boston in May 2019 and was released in India by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in August 2019.
Mitali Mukherjee is one of the most well-known faces in the world of business journalism. With close to 2 decades of experience in journalism, she has handled a wide range of roles-from political, global & local economic reportage, to live conferences.
She’s a TEDx speaker, Raisina Young Fellow and AIYD Alumna and Steering Committee member.
Mitali is passionate about leading the conversation on financial equality for women and including them in conversations that impact their health, opportunities and lives.
She is former Markets & News Editor at CNBC TV18. Over the last 18 years, she has worked with the TV18 Network, The TV Today group, Doordarshan (India’s National Broadcaster), Editorji & BBC World
She has also co- founded platforms addressing core socio-economic issues, like MoneyMile & Samarthan.
A gold medalist in Television Journalism from IIMC, Delhi and a gold medalist in Political Science, Mitali brings a unique perspective to her interaction connects instantly with audiences & viewers alike.
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