Access - The Podcast

On 21st December of last year, the Election Law (Amendment) Bill, 2021, was passed; this law allowed the linking of Aadhaar data with electoral roll data. The Union government argued that this move would make the electoral process clearer and more cr... more

As the internet began to spin its web across the subcontinent, at the hands of the State, India began to simultaneously witness a different kind of disruption: internet shutdowns. There have been 553 internet shutdowns ordered by governments since 20... more

India’s fake news problem has been around for a while, but the production, dissemination and consumption exploded over the last decade. More than 400 million Indians now have access to and make use of the internet, but digital literacy and social med... more

The Indian state’s tryst with surveillance burst into the spotlight earlier this year, with the revelation that a kind of spyware—Pegasus—was used to track over 300 Indian ministers, opposition leaders, political strategists, journalists, activists, ... more

In our second episode of The Impact Interview Series from Esya Centre and MediaBrief.com, our Fellow, Megha Bahree speaks with, Udbhav Tiwari, Public Policy Advisor, Mozilla to discuss the question: What does it take for tech companies to do business... more

In our first episode of The Impact Interview Series from Esya Centre and MediaBrief.com, our Fellow, Megha Bahree speaks with Anand Raghuraman, Vice-President at The Asia Group on the topic of, Ideology and Tech policy.

This interview was first pub... more

The Internet in India is governed by the IT Act. But the powers this law gives the state need to be balanced with due process and adequate safeguards. Rohan Seth and Prateek Waghre are joined by Gopal Jain, a Supreme Court advocate and advisor to the... more

Esya's Mohit Chawdhry speaks with Vrinda Kapoor, DeepTech Entrepreneur;  and Vinayak Dalmia, Entrepreneur and Columnist; on the topic: Cybersecurity in India: Preparedness, Challenges and Policy.