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Empowering, not shielding our kids online

Summary: Countries globally are actively developing strategies to deal with the challenges presented by social media, especially in the context of children. Australia, and more recently the UK, are banning social media for children below a certain age. India is also toying with the idea of a ban v/s a limited ban or restriction to make the online space safer for youngsters. This article focusses on the viability of a ban and offers recommendations for future action.

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The most valuable commodity I know of is information.

– Gordon Gekko, Wall Street

Over the past few weeks, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has passed three orders[1] (SEBI Orders) in the infamous ‘WhatsApp leak’ saga that has been in the news since November 2017[2]. Holding the impugned perpetrators guilty of violating insider trading regulations, the regulator has taken significant steps in pushing the boundaries of the concepts of insider, UPSI and insider trading.Continue Reading SEBI and WhatsApp leaks: Every link in the chain matters