Padmakshi is a former legal journalist and an independent researcher based in India. She is interested in the intersection between technology and constitutional rights, particularly the right of free speech and free thinking.
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Is Regulating Disinformation at Odds with Free Speech? An Analysis of India’s Approach
In February 2022, I wrote on the need to penalise online disinformation or “fake news” on Indian social media to protect the freedom of thought of Indian citizens. While the Indian government now seems resolute in tackling online ...
Digital Disinformation in India: An Attack on Mental Autonomy
Image description: The words 'fake news' containing the word 'propaganda' inside the letters.
Concern is mounting over the increase in disinformation or “fake news” spreading across Indian social media platforms in recent years. ...
Pushing the Bioethical Envelope: Rethinking the Rights of Part-Human Chimeric Embryos
Image description: Different equipment, including test tubes and petri dishes, at a laboratory.
On 15 April 2021, a team of scientists from the U.S., China and Spain created the first human-monkey chimeric embryo. To create it ...
