Vidushi Marda is a legal researcher interested in the interplay between emerging technologies, policy, and society. Currently working as a Policy Advisor with ARTICLE 19’s Team Digital, her primary focus is on the ethical, legal and regulatory issues that arise from algorithmic decision making. Vidushi also works on strengthening human rights considerations in internet infrastructure, particularly at internet governance bodies like ICANN and the IEEE.
Vidushi is a member of The Centre for Internet and Society, where she has worked on access to knowledge, network neutrality, big data, and strengthening freedom of expression and privacy in internet governance. Further, she was a Research Associate at DATACTIVE, University of Amsterdam, where she worked towards understanding content regulation vis-a-vis increased dominance of platforms on the Internet.
Internet Governance Forum, “Fake News, Content Regulation, and Platformatization of the Web: A Global South Perspective“, Organiser & Moderator
Internet Governance Forum, “AI In Asia: What’s Similar, What’s Different?“, Speaker
Internet Governance Forum, “Body as Data: Dataveillance, the Informatization of the Body, and Citizenship"
Facebook fined 1.2 million euros by Spanish watchdog, WION TV
Zero Rating Done Right?, RightsCon
10th NLSIR Symposium on Regulating E-Commerce in India, National Law School of India University
Intercommunity, 2015 – Net Neutrality, Internet Society Asia Pacific