9 Nov ’20: Responsible Tech Bulletin
Thoughts on AI, health data, privacy-related court judgments, and constitutionality in this week’s summary.
On what constitutional basis may the Indian govt. ask tech businesses to share data with others? Or HIV patients to mandatorily link Aadhaar to their health record? What happens when AI is used in warfare? Can a unified framework govern the use of AI in India? What could US court decisions on privacy teach us? This, and more, in this week’s round-up from Omidyar Network India’s Responsible Tech partners.
1) Shaik Salauddin, an auto-rickshaw driver, questions why only the poor must download Aarogya Setu. Salma, a nurse, talks about drones keeping guard in their area. More stories in Internet Democracy Project’s compendium on lived experiences of surveillance during Covid https://bit.ly/32nYcb8
2) Risks of AI are unlikely to be addressed by a single grand framework. Instead, we need iterative and adaptive strategies experimentation, and and reflexiveness. Important point by Urvashi Aneja of Tandem Research in her chapter in this compendium from 50 AI global experts https://bit.ly/3lsrwET
3) Making Digital ID mandatory for HIV treatment can scare some from seeking good care. Even if it doesn’t, ‘consent’ in such life-and-death situations is anything but free. Rosamma Thomas of Centre for Internet & Society looks at the issues facing PLHIV in India https://bit.ly/3ldA6HE
4) Article 39 of the Indian Constitution directs the state to distribute material resources of the community to serve the common good. IT for Change argues that this provides constitutional backing for data sharing policies as being envisaged by India’s govt https://bit.ly/32oqWRg
5) In US jurisprudence, a Georgian law against possession of obscene material, and one in Connecticut against the use of contraceptives by married couples were struck down due to privacy. Centre for Communications Governance added such US Supreme Court cases to its library of privacy judgments https://bit.ly/2IuHKir
6) One of the most contentious uses of AI is in warfare. What happens if an automated weapon harms the wrong person? What roles should the private sector play? How should countries coordinate? Centre for Internet & Society’s recent report seeks to answer some of these questions https://bit.ly/3k3M8BS
