11 Jan ’21: Responsible Tech Bulletin

Subhashish Bhadra
Responsible Tech Bulletin
1 min readJan 11, 2021
  1. Do you have privacy rights over data you store on a laptop given by an employer? Yes, according to @SCC_eng, which held a warrant-less search was violation of Section 8 of the Canadian charter. More such snippets in @CCGNLUD’s global Privacy Law Library https://twitter.com/CCGNLUD/status/1347187818066366466
  2. Invisible social media algorithms determine the kind of content we consume and, therefore, our very thoughts. In the latest episode of #BraveNewWorld, interesting conversation between @VasantDhar and @sinanaral on bringing more transparency into them https://twitter.com/DataGovNetwork/status/1347142739834507267
  3. A non-mandatory and subjective open data policy from 2012 has held back proactive publication of development by the govt. If mandated through a new law, could bring transparency and help AI ecosystem. Interesting insights from the open data working group bit.ly/3rRCRlw
  4. Courts in Mauritius, Jamaica, Kenya, India used differing proportionality tests to determine the validity of the ID system. That made all the difference — struck down the first two, paused in the Kenya, and upheld in India. Detailed analysis by @cis_india https://digitalid.design/judicial-trends-pt2.html

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Subhashish Bhadra
Responsible Tech Bulletin

Author, Caged Tiger: How Too Much Government is Holding Indians Back. Rhodes Scholar, Stephanian.