CCG Tech Podcast
Episodes
S03 Ep.07 Looking Forward: Structuring Global Governance in the Digital Age
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On 26 August 2025, the UN General Assembly decided to establish the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI and the Global Dialogue on AI Gov...
S03 Ep.06 Standing at Crossroads: Conversations on Global Internet Governance
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Technology has shifted massively in the last two decades and with it, the world. The upcoming WSIS+20 review puts into sharp focus a few longstanding ...
S03 Ep.05 Changing Landscapes: The Geopolitics Driving Tech Policy
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Technology and geopolitics around the world has gone through rapid transitions in the last few years. These massive shifts have had profound impacts o...
S03 Ep.04 Predict and Detect: Use of AI in Diagnostics
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI is increasingly being deployed in key sectors like healthcare. But how effective is its use? What problems do we see in implementing AI in high sta...
S03 Ep.03 Exploring Data Supply Chains: Applying AI in Healthcare
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With the AI landscape rapidly expanding in India, how is it being applied in healthcare? What safeguards exist to prevent errors and misuse of AI?In t...
S03 Ep.02 Exploring India's AI Ambitions and the 2026 AI Impact Summit: In Conversation with Abhishek Singh
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How can India develop AI for social good and what does it involve to achieve it? How is India's thinking shaping up on the unique opportunity to h...
S03 Ep. 01 Contextualising AI Bias in India: A Deep-dive Into Gender Biases in LLMs
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do biased large language models (LLMs) impact women users in India, and what can be done to make these systems more fair and inclusive?In Episode ...
Building Safe Spaces: Trust and Safety Measures for Young Users Online
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As young people’s access to online spaces increase, the question of how we can create safe spaces for them becomes increasingly important. In this c...
Platform Transparency in Global Majority Countries: A Brazilian Perspective
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Tavishi and Shobhit speak with Francisco Brito Cruz of InternetLab on platform transparency in the Brazilian context. They look at ho...
Workers or Contractors? The Gig Economy in India
12 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With the exponential growth of gig platforms and gig work in India, efforts have been made to try and regulate their impact. In this backdrop, Fawaz a...
Automated Gigs: AI's Impact on Modern Labor
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The past decade has seen an exponential growth in gig work on platforms. AI plays a critical role in the way these gig platforms function. In this epi...
Facing Titans: Regulating Competition in Digital Markets
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How does competition work in digital markets? Do we need to regulate it the same way we do for other sectors? These are some of the questions addresse...
Wipe the Slate Clear: Addressing Online Violence in India
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How can we address the issue of online violence faced by women and children? In what ways can platforms and law enforcement help the process? These ar...
Report, Block, Mute: Role of Trust and Safety Teams in Platforms
13 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What role do trust and safety teams play in platforms? Do we need to change the way they operate? Is governmental interventions in their function nece...
What's in a Face? The Dark Reality of Facial Recognition Technology
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One of the most talked about aspects of AI today is Facial Recognition Technologies (FRTs). States and private parties both are trying their best to f...
Looking Over Shoulders: Towards a Global Trustworthy Internet
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Every click on the internet involves multiple parties. From the user to service providers to tech giants and companies. But how does one make sure tha...
Voices and Choices: Navigating Elections in the Digital Age
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 03 of Season 02 of the CCG Tech Podcast, Aishwarya and Shashank speak to Prateek Waghre on the major digital rights issues in the run-up to...
Truth Sleuths: Countering Mis/Disinformation Online
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Don’t know whether the content you’re seeing online is real? Or maybe it's AI generated content? As 2024 is the biggest election year in histo...
India’s Gender Digital Divide: On Control, Norms, Anonymity and Safe Spaces
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How much does gender influence the digital divide in India? How do marginalized genders use the internet to access and build safe spaces? How far doe...
The Internet: For Whom by Whom? Net Neutrality and Internet Shutdowns in India
15 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Net neutrality keeps coming up in public discourse in India ever since the #SaveTheInternet campaign in 2015. Recently TRAI put out a consultation on ...
Digital Rights in India: The Role of Judiciary
16 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When there is a gap in legislation, it often falls to the court to fill the gap. This is absolutely true in the case of digital rights in India. As ...
Misinformation and fact-checking: Will platforms be required to take down "fake news"?
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recently, the Government of India amended rules under the IT Act to introduce the requirement that encourages services like YouTube, Facebook and Inst...
Opening a Pandora’s Box: Generative AI and Large Language Models (Part 02)
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From drafting student essays to writing storyboards and creating music, AI today seems to be able to do it all. ChatGPT and similar models have take...
Opening a Pandora’s Box: Generative AI and Large Language Models (Part 01)
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From drafting student essays to writing storyboards and creating music, AI today seems to be able to do it all. ChatGPT and similar models have take...
Fake News, Fact Checking and Beyond: The Misinformation Ecosystem in India
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With the expansion of communication technologies, there has been an increase in the spread of ‘fake news’ all over the world. But what is ‘fake ...
AI and Emotion Recognition Technology: The new frontier of biometrics?
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Some in AI circles consider emotion recognition to be the next logical step beyond facial recognition. But can my emotions predict my future actions? ...
Data Protection 101: Deconstructing the Digital Personal Data Protection Act
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Close to six years after the Puttaswamy judgement, India finally has a dedicated Digital Personal Data Protection Act. But what does this mean for the...
What can India learn from Brazil's Internet Regulation journey?
08 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What are the biggest challenges and opportunities for internet regulation from the Brazilian perspective? In this episode, Prof. Sérgio Branco helps ...
What is the Brussels Effect? Data Protection in a Connected World
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What is the narrative we’re seeing around the Brussels Effect and what are some of its limitations? How do varying geopolitical environments impact...
How to Regulate Digital Platforms? Lessons from Europe
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As India contemplates new regulations for platforms, particularly larger online platforms, we speak with Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schulz about effective enf...