To fight against fake news that can influence elections, the government of India should adopt new legislation that creates specific requirements for action by social media companies, says cyber lawyer Karnika Seth. The Information Technology Act does not adequately spell out “due diligence guidelines which social media platforms need to abide with,” Seth says in…
With almost everything of importance in our daily lives now being connected to the Internet, it makes sense to have cyberlaws or rules that govern the cyberspace. And, along with the need for cyberlaw also arises the need for cyberlawyers. Dr Karnika Seth, India’s topmost cyberlawyer, sheds light on a career in the field of…
Dr Karnika Seth is a Cyberlaw Expert & Founding Partner of Seth Associates. She is also Expert Faculty of the CBI, National Investigation Authority, National Police Academy and National Judicial Academy. The Optimist: India’s fast-changing digital climate is a major challenge for law and order agencies across the country. How do you think men and…
Recently, the Madras High Court voiced concerns over the “pornographic and inappropriate content” being circulated through the app TikTok and directed the Centre to ban it. The court also asked the government if it would enact a statute like the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act in the US. Now, the Chinese company behind the app,…
You might think India is living it up in the digital age, and then comes news of a ban on and the consequent arrests of people playing ‘PlayerUnknown’s BattleGrounds’, an online video game. The game, widely known as PUBG, is a first-person shooter game that begins with 100 players being airdropped into a large play…
A boy’s suicide this week in southern India after his mother scolded him for playing a popular online game has inflamed a national debate over whether the game should be banned. The 16-year-old’s father demanded a ban on PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, known by the acronym PUBG, after his son hanged himself from a ceiling fan at…