Hello. I'm Gurshabad Grover.
Peer-reviewed articles
- How India Censors the Web On the different techniques used by Internet service providers (ISPs) to censor websites and the consistency of website blocklists across different ISPs in India. Kushagra Singh, Gurshabad Grover, Varun Bansal / 12th ACM Conference on Web Science
- Examining the constitutionality of the ban on broadcast of news by private FM and community radio stations On the regulations that prohibit radio channels from curating news. Torsha Sarkar, Gurshabad Grover, Rajashri Seal, Neil Trivedi / NLUD Journal of Legal Studies
Research reports and policy briefs
- Investigating TLS blocking in India A study into Transport Layer Security (TLS)-based blocking by three popular Indian ISPs: ACT Fibernet, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio. Simone Basso, Gurshabad Grover and Kushagra Singh / OONI
- Reliance Jio is using SNI inspection to block websites The most popular ISP in India is employing a deep packet inspection technique to block websites for its users. Gurshabad Grover, Kushagra Singh / Centre for Internet and Society
- Through the looking glass: Analysing transparency reports An analysis of companies' transparency reports for government requests for user data and content removal. Torsha Sarkar, Suhan S, Gurshabad Grover / Centre for Internet and Society
- Consolidation in the Internet Economy and the Evolution of the Internet Summary of a discussion on the impact of market consolidation on the economic and technical future of the Internet. Akriti Bopanna, Gurshabad Grover / Centre for Internet and Society
- Regulating the Internet: The Government of India & Standards Development at the IETF Taking the example of TLS 1.3 at the IETF, we show how technical standards have regulatory and policy implications. Aayush Rathi, Gurshabad Grover, Sunil Abraham / Centre for Internet and Society
Opinion/Analysis
- Trump is attacking social media giants; what India should do differently On the legal position of content moderation in India Anna Liz Thomas, Gurshabad Grover / Scroll.in
- How India's privacy bill regulates social media platforms On the regulation of social media platforms in Personal Data Protection Bill Tanaya Rajwade, Gurshabad Grover / The Wire
- Content takedown and users’ rights On Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, which allows the government to order content takedowns in complete secrecy. Torsha Sarkar, Gurshabad Grover / The Leaflet (republished by CyberBRICS; Scroll.in; Kashmir Observer; Medianama)
- Internet shutdowns - its legal and commercial dimensions in Kashmir On the internet shutdown in Kashmir, the Supreme Court's decision in Anuradha Bhasin v. Union of India, and the subsequent 'whitelist' of websites. Gurshabad Grover / ETV Bharat: Hindi, Urdu, Kannada, Odia and Gujarati
- The Pegasus moment The use of the NSO vulnerability provides an opportunity to revisit the legal framework governing state surveillance in India. Gurshabad Grover, Tanaya Rajwade / The Indian Express
- A judicial overreach into matters of regulation How the Madras High Court is trying to make policy in the 'traceability' (formerly on Aadhaar-social media linking) case. Gurshabad Grover / The Hindu
- Linking Aadhaar to Facebook, Twitter: Possible witch-hunt? A opinion contribution on the 'traceability' (formerly on Aadhaar-social media linking) case in the Madras High Court. Multiple authors / The Print
- The Huawei bogey India should advocate for privacy at the 3GPP and prove allegations against Huawei before restricting their operations. Gurshabad Grover / The Indian Express
- Why the TikTok ban is worrying The problematic interim decision of the Madras High Court that led to the ban on downloading TikTok in India. Gurshabad Grover / Hindustan Times
- To preserve freedoms online, amend the IT Act [rules] A critique of the law that allows the Indian government and ISPs to carry out web censorship without accountability. Gurshabad Grover / Hindustan Times
- India should reconsider its proposed regulation of online content An analysis of the draft intermediary guidelines published by the Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in December 2018. Gurshabad Grover / Hindustan Times
- Anti-trafficking Bill may lead to censorship A critique of provisions in the Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2018 that may infringe on Indians' right to freedom of expression. Swaraj Barooah, Gurshabad Grover / Mint
- Freeing Media from Google and Facebook Advertisement-driven business models that free journalism from the adtech giants. Sunil Abraham, Gurshabad Grover / India Outbound
Policy comments and submissions
- Surveillance Industry and Human Rights Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Speech and Expression. Elonnai Hickok, Arindrajit Basu, Gurshabad Grover, Akriti Bopanna, Shweta Mohandas, Martyna Kalvaityte / Centre for Internet and Society
- Response to the Draft of The Information Technology [Intermediary Guidelines (Amendment) Rules] 2018 Submission to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, India Gurshabad Grover, Elonnai Hickok, Arindrajit Basu, Akriti Bopanna, Torsha Sarkar / Centre for Internet and Society
- Response to GCSC on Request for Consultation: Norm Package Singapore Submission to the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace. Arindrajit Basu, Gurshabad Grover, Elonnai Hickok / Centre for Internet and Society
- Response to TRAI Consultation Paper on Regulatory Framework for Over-The-Top (OTT) Communication Services Submission to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. Gurshabad Grover, Nikhil Srinath, Aayush Rathi / Centre for Internet and Society
- Comments on the Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations Submission to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. Sandeep Kumar, Torsha Sarkar, Swaraj Barooah, Gurshabad Grover / Centre for Internet and Society
- Comments on the Draft Digital Communications Policy Submission to the Department of Telecommunications of the Ministry of Communications, India. Anubha Sinha, Gurshabad Grover, Swaraj Barooah / Centre for Internet and Society
- Comments on the Draft National Policy on Official Statistics Submission to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, India. Gurshabad Grover, Sandeep Kumar / Centre for Internet and Society
Misc. blogposts
- RTI Application to BSNL for the list of websites blocked in India How a public ISP refused to furnish the list of blocked websites in response to a Right to Information request. Gurshabad Grover / Centre for Internet and Society
Other projects
- CensorWatch Research on mapping web censorship in India. (Coming soon)
- Tiffin A newsletter on political and policy developments in India.
- doh web DNS-over-HTTPS web client library. (With Alp Toker)
- Stalker Drone Make your Parrot AR.Drone stalk an object.
- Scrabby A Scrabble bot that will beat you. (With Anmol Singh and Mayank Vachher)