18 Jan ’21: Responsible Tech Bulletin
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2 min readJan 18, 2021
- Online consent is broken, but we finally have clues about what could work instead. @Varad_Pande and I write an op-ed for @IndianExpress. Builds on years of work by folks like @SmritiParsheera, @resanering, @rahmanfaiza6 @phaldea, @teninthemorning & others https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/privacy-policy-online-consent-illegible-7150434/
- Non-personal data report is a much improved version, but lacks specificity to ensure its lofty vision. Will benefit from better institutional design, more incentives/accountability, and less govt role. Summary of my comments at @medianama event last week https://subhashishbhadra.medium.com/npd-the-risks-of-ambiguity-15997d130110
- Last week’s edition of @DIRI_ISB’s #IndiaPulse focuses on value of e-way bills and shows that (i) TG, AP and Punjab recovered fastest, by Jun (ii) most others recovered by Sep (iii) some NE states still struggling. For more data-backed insights, head to http://bit.ly/3bNtgGJ
- “Regulatory intervention (in AI) should be based on the problem around power asymmetries and the possibility of the use case adversely affecting human dignity captured by India’s constitutional ethos” — @BasuArindrajit in his chat with @Analyticsindiam https://analyticsindiamag.com/in-conversation-with-arindrajit-basu-research-manager-at-the-centre-for-internet-and-society/
- India’s national auditor, the CAG, audits only 3% of all country reports, leaving the vast majority unaudited, and open for corruption and inefficiencies. @PrakharMisra and @VibhavMariwala’s op-ed talks about how digitisation of govt audits could help https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/ease-of-vetting-digitisation-can-help-streamline-govt-audits/2167356/
- Despite the hype around AI, India still faces key questions around infrastructural readiness. @ambaonadventure joined @yltfellowship for a chat. She also pointed to the need for grounded, place-specific narratives that focus on people and their context https://twitter.com/yltfellowship/status/1350700822158565382
