Pranesh Prakash (bsky.pranesh.in)
@pranesh
prāṇēś prakāś Tech law & policy adviser. Hire me! #a2k #privacy #FoE #AI #infosec #FOSS #a11y zhōngyōng & anēkāntavāda. Past: @cis_india/@yaleisp
I've a paper out in @IPPRJournal on content blocking and Internet shutdowns in #India from the perspective of international human rights law. Comments welcome. Do share widely! PDF: ippr.in/index.php/ippr… HTML: pranesh.in/scholarly/arti… #FoE #censorship #IHRL
thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/… Gaza and the end of humanity, by Jean Drèze.
#a2k #copyright #creativity
Copyright was supposed to help writers monetise their works. Except that throughout its long history, very few have made a living from it. Writers write to be read, so all the law should do is give them the largest audience. My latest Ex Machina article exmachina.in/23/07/2025/wri…
IBM tried to use the excuse that it was IBM's European subsidiaries (though some were under IBM's direct control) that provided machinery and logistical support to the Third Reich. Is that an excuse that companies like Microsoft have? #BigTech #CrimesAgainstHumanity
Today, @Microsoft workers are taking the pledge to refuse to work on any technical support requests by the Israeli military, Israeli government, Israeli weapons manufacturers, and all businesses contributing to the economy of occupation and genocide. 🧵[1/4]
'Is Your Neighbor a Kluxer?' — American anti-KKK pamphlet published in 1923 by the American Unity League.
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Astonishing that (a) RTIs worked to demonstrate flaws in prosecution case; (b) that RTIs were needed at all. #transparency #RTI #crimlaw #India
What a success story! RTI Act contributed significantly to ensuring that innocents were not punished for the Mumbai Train Blasts. The prosecution's case crumbled.
I'll be speaking on data protection, PETs, and generative AI at the Open Loop India event tomorrow.
The Quantum Hub (TQH) is pleased to invite you to the Kickoff Event of @Meta's Open Loop India Program. The event marks the launch of the second edition of the Open Loop program in India, a policy research initiative aimed at testing how India’s Digital Personal Data Protection…
The Inlaks-King's India Institute visiting PhD fellowship scheme is open again for applications (deadline August 31st). Two 3 month fellowships at King's for students in a PhD programme in Hums and Social Sciences at an Indian university @KingsIndiaInst inlaksfoundation.org/opportunities/…
Great music of Tuareg Blues by Tamodre Band. Sahara desert, Algeria 😍 🇩🇿 via khily_ag_osman | IG
Yad Vashem proposes making it a crime to misuse the term "genocide". French minister Bergé agrees and says it is "anti-Semitic" to allow that. Was France not complicit in the genocide of the Romani? Is it anti-Semitic to say the Porajmos was genocide? #FoE #censorship #France
Alors que nous commémorons le souvenir des 13 000 juifs raflés par la police française au nom de l'Etat français, soyons lucides sur ce qu'est l'antisémitisme aujourd'hui. La liberté d’expression n'est pas la liberté de salir la mémoire des victimes d’hier, pas plus qu’elle ne…
This chapter is part of our report on “Platform Transparency under the EU’s Digital Services Act: Opportunities and Challenges for the Global South”. You can access the full report here: ccgdelhi.org/research-repor…
We examine the opportunities & risks associated with adapting DSA-inspired transparency measures in the Global South, as effective regulation requires more than just legal mandates.
The auditing framework under the EU’s Digital Safety Act requires VLOPs and VLOSEs to commission an audit at least once every year, at their own cost, to verify compliance with due diligence obligations under the DSA.
Many people don't realize that Marx was more concerned with human emancipation (and how this was different from political emancipation and "rights of man") than he was with equality per se.
A perfect response that actually highlights something important that Marx highlighted but that many who do vague waving at Marx miss: There are some senses in which capitalism is worse than what preceded it (e.g. workers are more alienated from the products of their labor). But…
Complete victory.
there is so much AI art in mainland China now
India's data protection law is terribly drafted, and will inevitably interfere with journalism. It will force journalists to approach courts to carve out a public interest journalism exception which the legislature should have dealt with. #privacy #FoE #datap
Media under attack: India’s Data Protection Act will have a chilling impact on press freedom & people’s right to information. Penalties upto 500 crores can be imposed on journalists for any violation of the law. Watch #JaanneBhiDoYaaro youtube.com/watch?v=Wv0KfR…
That Google and OpenAI's models did _not_ use tools or formal languages (like Lean) makes their achievement with the IMO gold rather remarkable.
No tool use, no internet access, and pure informal.