The Library

EU AI Act — Official Text

The consolidated regulation directly from EUR-Lex. Read the annexes — they define what "high-risk" actually means in practice, not the summaries.

NIST AI RMF

The US risk management framework. More flexible than EU law but more practically useful for building compliance arguments across jurisdictions.

OECD AI Policy Observatory

Tracks AI policies across 70+ countries including Pakistan, India, and UAE. Useful for cross-jurisdictional comparison without reading every national document.

Stanford HAI — AI Index

The most credible annual survey of AI research, policy, and adoption trends. The policy chapter is the one worth reading carefully.

UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of AI

The only AI ethics instrument with buy-in from 193 member states, including Pakistan. A useful baseline when a jurisdiction has no domestic AI law yet.

Ada Lovelace Institute

Independent UK research institute working on data and AI power asymmetries. Their reports on algorithmic accountability are more rigorous than most of the government consultations they respond to.

Pakistan Law Site

Searchable database of Pakistani legislation and superior court judgments. The IHC, LHC, and Supreme Court decisions are reasonably up to date.

Indian Kanoon

Free full-text search across Indian court judgments from all High Courts and the Supreme Court. Underused by non-Indian researchers despite its quality.

ICANN / Internet Governance

For matters touching digital identity, domain disputes, and internet governance law — jurisdictionally complex but increasingly relevant.

Google Scholar — Case Law

Underrated for finding legal scholarship. The "Cited by" function is useful for tracing how a judgment has been interpreted across subsequent cases.

Law & Justice Commission of Pakistan

The federal body that actually recommends law reform in Pakistan, chaired by the Chief Justice. Closest thing to an official record of where domestic legal reform is headed.

CourtListener

Free, open-source US case law database from the Free Law Project — over nine million opinions. Useful for the comparative angle: citing how American courts have handled a question Pakistani courts haven't reached yet.

EDPB — European Data Protection Board

Official guidance on GDPR interpretation. The opinions and guidelines are more useful than most academic commentary on GDPR compliance questions.

California AG — CCPA Resources

Official CCPA guidance and enforcement actions. The enforcement letters are the most informative documents for understanding what the AG prioritizes.

IAPP Global Privacy Law Tracker

Tracks the status of privacy legislation across all major jurisdictions. The Pakistan PDPA status is included — worth checking quarterly.

Pakistan — Personal Data Protection Bill

Track legislative progress and any draft regulations from the regulator. Still evolving — check for updates before relying on older summaries.

UAE PDPL — Official Text

Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021, hosted on the UAE government's own platform. The free-zone carve-outs (DIFC, ADGM run their own regimes) are the detail most summaries skip.

India DPDPA 2023 — Official Text

The full text of India's first comprehensive privacy law, hosted by MeitY. Rules were only notified in November 2025 — check the commencement schedule before assuming a provision is in force.

The Digital Gavel

My newsletter covering AI governance, digital rights, and international law with a South Asian lens. Published when there is something worth saying.

AI Snake Oil — Narayanan & Kapoor

The most rigorous critical perspective on AI claims and hype. Essential reading before citing any AI capability study in a legal or policy argument.

Lawfare

Serious analysis at the intersection of law and national security, including digital governance. The AI and tech law coverage is consistently high-quality.

Tech Policy Press

Good coverage of tech policy issues with genuine attention to non-Western jurisdictions. Fills a gap that most US-centric newsletters ignore entirely.

Rest of World

Nonprofit tech journalism from outside Silicon Valley's usual frame. Consistently covers AI and tech stories from South Asia, Africa, and Latin America that Western outlets miss entirely.