Facial recognition technology in Elections: certain risks outweigh uncertain benefits
India, in recent years, has been experimenting with Facial Recognition Technology (FRT). The technology is claimed to have been used for...
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Syed Asif Ali Zaidi
- May 8
- 2 min
The proposed Aadhaar Rules, 2023: An attempt to nullify the Aadhaar Judgment of the Supreme Court
Writing for the Indian Express, Maansi Verma and Praavita Kashyap, trustees of Article 21 Trust noted with concern how the Government is...
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Syed Asif Ali Zaidi
- May 8
- 4 min
Concerns with proposed changes in Aadhaar Rules enabling private sector use of Aadhaar
Article 21 Trust collaborated with Rethink Aadhaar, Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) and Access Now to jointly submit comments on the...
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Syed Asif Ali Zaidi
- Apr 25
- 9 min
Blog: Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 (Part 1)
On November 18, 2022, the latest draft of India’s proposed data protection law, the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 (DPDP...
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Syed Asif Ali Zaidi
- Apr 24
- 2 min
Blog: Telecommunication Bill, 2022: Is India heading towards surveillance state?
Article 21 Trust collaborated with members of various digital and human rights groups, civil society organisations such as Hasgeek,...
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Syed Asif Ali Zaidi
- Apr 12
- 3 min
A new assault on free speech-Information and Technology (Amendment) Rules, 2023
On April 6, 2023, the Central Government notified the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code)...
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Syed Asif Ali Zaidi
- Mar 9
- 3 min
One Vote Annual Conference
Article 21 Trust collaborated with One Vote Project and curated the One Vote Annual Conference on 25th January 2022.
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Syed Asif Ali Zaidi
- Mar 8
- 2 min
Roundtable on Rights Digitisation
Article 21 Trust collaborated with several civil society organisations to put together and participate in a Roundtable on Rights...
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Syed Asif Ali Zaidi
- Mar 7
- 4 min
Aadhaar and Voter ID Linking
The Article 21 Trust joined the Rethink Aadhaar and other prominent citizens, including former civil servants, journalists, social...
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Syed Asif Ali Zaidi
- Dec 1, 2022
- 7 min
Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022
(Picture courtesy: The Leaflet) The Parliament of India passed the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act 2022 which was notified on...
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Rajasekaran S
- Oct 16, 2021
- 1 min
Tech-enabled exclusion: Law, Poverty, Rights, and Covid19
The Covid19 pandemic has hit us hard but some of us are hit harder. The usually unseen, ignored, excluded sections of our populace were...
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Rajasekaran S
- Oct 16, 2021
- 6 min
India’s Food Security Crisis
Webinar: Tech-enabled Exclusion: Law, Poverty, Rights, and Covid19 Part I: Summary of session on Food Security Article 21 Trust in...
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Rajasekaran S
- Oct 16, 2021
- 6 min
Technology heightening India’s healthcare crisis
This is the second part of the two part summary of the discussion during the Webinar on Tech-enabled Exclusion: Law, Poverty, Rights, and...
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