This is the fourth call for tales for the IViR Science Fiction & Information Law Writing Competition. DigiCon’s Sci-fi Team is to again partner up with IViR and CPDP for this stellar competition. Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth, it is said. If that is so, does being served high doses […] The post Call for Tales for 4th edition of the IViR “Science Fiction & Information Law” writing competition! first appeared on DigiCon.| DigiCon
In this piece, we argue that the DPDPA 2023 and the accompanying Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (“DPDPA Rules 2025 or Rules”) fail to meaningfully operationalize the principles of purpose limitation and data minimization. In response, we argue for the necessity of reading these principles into the Act through a constitutional interpretive approach. Such a reading is essential not only to honor constitutional commitments but also to harmonize India’s data protection f...| DigiCon
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1. Introduction In January 2025, just hours after taking office, President Trump revoked former President Biden’s Executive Order (EO) on Artificial Intelligence (AI) by issuing a new EO titled “Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence”. [1] During his first term, Trump issued two EOs[2] that set out principles for the government’s use of […] The post Two Futures of AI Regulation under the Trump Administration first appeared on The Digital Constitution...| The Digital Constitutionalist
This flipbook is a collaboration between the Digital Constitutionalist and Better Images of AI. It serves as a way to challenge the misrepresentative tropes that are often used to visualise AI. Instead, we showcase more inclusive and representative images of the technology which acknowledge its material reality, limitations, strengths and explore the actual functions of […] The post Better Images of AI first appeared on The Digital Constitutionalist.| The Digital Constitutionalist
Introduction If conservative political pundits are to be believed, “fake news” is a new social media-based phenomenon that threatens our global democracies. Chief among such proponents is current US President Donald Trump, who even claims to have coined the term. While this evidently goes a step too far—whether misrepresenting the turnout for his January 2017 […] The post Restarting the Past: Fake News in the Digital Age first appeared on The Digital Constitutionalist.| The Digital Constitutionalist
DIGITAL BIOMETRICS IN THE ERA OF THE AI ACT The third edition of the EUDiCRI school will take place on the Italian Alps, in Bardonecchia (Turin), Villaggio Olimpico, from September 1st to 6th 2025. The School will be dedicated to the specific area of Forensic Biometric tools used by law enforcement authorities. In particular: The EUDiCRI […] The post EUDICRI SUMMER SCHOOL first appeared on The Digital Constitutionalist.| The Digital Constitutionalist
At the AI-Imaginations and Public Safety symposium at Erasmus University Rotterdam on June 19, DigiCon’s Sci-Fi Team experimented with an unconventional way of presenting academic ideas. When it comes to emerging technologies, the responsibility for understanding, explaining, and responding to them often falls to key figures. The most important of these arguably are philosophers, legal […] The post Three Paths, One Goal Trialogue: Narrating the philosophical, legal and creative perspectiv...| The Digital Constitutionalist
The United States is not unfamiliar with the idea that a bunch of dead white men might inform the meaning and interpretation of the Constitution. Originalism is the very idea that constitutional meaning is derived from ‘the intentions of those who draft and debated the Constitution’. In a speculative turn that competes with the literary […] The post What Would the Founding Fathers Say? Digital Ghosts and Constituent Power first appeared on The Digital Constitutionalist.| The Digital Constitutionalist
In modern mythmaking, the role of the robot and its AI mind is ambiguous. For some, an autonomous machine is a saviour, promising liberation from drudgery while transcending our foibles and frailties. For others, it is a monster, threatening the termination of humanity. In our imaginations, robots and AI form a question for our future: […] The post Artist Showcase: Cur Deus Machina first appeared on The Digital Constitutionalist.| The Digital Constitutionalist