Digital Rights Lawyer On Surveillance, Dark Patterns, Censorship & Why Privacy Is Dying | Dostcast

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Subscribe to Dostcast Clips:https://www.youtube.com/@dostcastclips?sub_confirmation=1Listen to Dostcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/70vrbHeSvrcXyOeISTyBSy?si=be05dbdd564245d9Join the Dostcast Janta Party on WhatsApp for regular updates: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbAZwo5D8SDs5kf94N3TWant to suggest a guest?Fill this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ft_-1QDs7XpsSWnaPOeF21yUlhk9bzKvwHSyh4hHfBU/edit?usp=drivesdk====================================================================Apar Gupta is a Supreme Court lawyer and co-founder of the Internet Freedom Foundation. He was part of the legal team behind Shreya Singhal v. Union of India — the case that struck down Section 66A of the IT Act. For over a decade, Apar has litigated India's biggest digital rights cases — fighting censorship, mass surveillance, and blocking orders against every government in power, not just this one. Where most tech commentary in India stays in English op-eds, he operates inside the courtrooms actually shaping what you can post, watch, and read online. Blunt, uninterested in TV-panel theatrics, and clear that free speech in India isn't dying — it's being managed.In this episode, Vinamre and Apar discuss:Data mining, dark patterns, and how apps profile you before you even sign upHyderabad's surveillance, the 26/11 tapes, and "national security" as an excuse for overreachAI and privacy — books pulped for LLM training, and lawyers already using ClaudeFighting every government — 6000 blocking orders, the Section 66A win, and Meta/X's deals with the stateSelf-censorship among creators, and what politicians want from podcasters.Follow Apar Gupta on: X: https://x.com/apar1984 Internet Freedom Foundation: https://internetfreedom.inTimestamps:0:00 – Coming Up1:30 – Data Mining At Cafes6:15 – Individualised Pricing Explained10:34 – Dark Patterns In Apps12:07 – How Cookies Track You15:08 – Who Sells Your Data18:11 – Right To Privacy India22:43 – Indian Police Structure Problem24:51 – Hyderabad Most Surveilled City25:43 – Nation