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Karthika Rajmohan

Karthika Rajmohan

Data Protection

First Read on the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules 2025: Here’s what you need to know

Read our initial analysis of the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025.
09 January, 2025
17 min read
Karthika RajmohanKarthika Rajmohan, Injila Muslim ZaidiInjila Muslim Zaidi, Medha GargMedha Garg, Rubayya TasneemRubayya Tasneem & Shravani Nag LankaShravani Nag Lanka
2024

2024 Year in Review: Policy Advocacy - Patience, Persistence, Progress

In 2024, the policy team at IFF participated in 9 consultations, sent 85 letters, authored several statements and public briefs, organised several briefing calls and events, launched new projects and expanded existing ones, and continued tracking digital rights developments in the Parliament.
30 December, 2024
13 min read
Injila Muslim ZaidiInjila Muslim Zaidi, Shravani Nag LankaShravani Nag Lanka & Karthika RajmohanKarthika Rajmohan
artificial intelligence

The Opt out conundrum: Analysis of web scrapping to train AI models

This post analyses the recent debate that exposed social media platforms using user data to train AI models, often without explicit user consent.
19 December, 2024
7 min read
Karthika RajmohanKarthika Rajmohan & Shravani Nag LankaShravani Nag Lanka
Telecom Act, 2023

First read on the Telecommunications Interception Rules, 2024

This post includes our initial analysis of the Telecommunications (Procedures and Safeguards for Lawful Interception of Messages) Rules, 2024 notified on December 6, 2024, including highlighting major changes from the draft rules issued in August 2024.
13 December, 2024
7 min read
Karthika RajmohanKarthika Rajmohan
Telecom Act, 2023

First read on the Telecommunications Critical Infrastructure Rules, 2024

This post includes our initial analysis of the Telecommunications (Critical Telecommunication Infrastructure) Rules, 2024 notified on November 22, 2024, including highlighting major changes from the draft rules issued in August 2024.
05 December, 2024
7 min read
Karthika RajmohanKarthika Rajmohan & Injila Muslim ZaidiInjila Muslim Zaidi
Telecom Act, 2023

First Read on Telecommunications (Temporary Suspension of Services) Rules, 2024

This post includes our initial analysis of the Telecommunication (Temporary Suspension of Services) Rules, 2024 notified on November 22, 2024, including highlighting major changes from the draft rules issued in August 2024.
04 December, 2024
7 min read
Karthika RajmohanKarthika Rajmohan & Shravani Nag LankaShravani Nag Lanka
Parliament

IFF welcomes the newly constituted IT Standing Committee

As the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications & IT was reconstituted after the 18th Lok Sabha elections, IFF offers inputs on its 2024-25 subject roster and highlights the need to address recent privacy threats.
27 November, 2024
6 min read
Shravani Nag LankaShravani Nag Lanka, Disha VermaDisha Verma & Karthika RajmohanKarthika Rajmohan
Telecom Act, 2023

First read on the Telecommunications (Telecom Cyber Security) Rules, 2024

This post includes our initial analysis of the Telecom Cyber Security Rules notified in November 2024, including highlighting major changes from the draft rules issued in August 2024.
22 November, 2024
5 min read
Karthika RajmohanKarthika Rajmohan
Legislative Brief

Legislative Brief on Digital Rights for Winter Session 2024

In our legislative brief on digital rights for the Winter Session 2024, we highlight key areas of concern pertaining to digital rights and freedoms, data privacy, data protection, censorship and other concerns that require extensive deliberation in the Houses of Parliament.
22 November, 2024
6 min read
Karthika RajmohanKarthika Rajmohan & Shravani Nag LankaShravani Nag Lanka
Social Media

Like, Share, Prescribe? A comparative analysis of five state-level digital media/influencer policies

Through research and using the RTI, we have accessed state-level digital media and influencer-centric policies of various Indian states. In this post, we attempt to critically assess the impact of state-sponsored financial incentives for digital creators and influencers on the right to free speech.
07 November, 2024
14 min read
Shravani Nag LankaShravani Nag Lanka, Injila Muslim ZaidiInjila Muslim Zaidi, Tejasi PanjiarTejasi Panjiar, Prateek WaghrePrateek Waghre, Disha VermaDisha Verma & Karthika RajmohanKarthika Rajmohan

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