Instead of a comprehensive bill for the entire technology ecosystem, which will require wider consultations, the government is examining if it should it introduce smaller, issue-specific legislations
Several regulations such as the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, Digital India Bill, and National Data Governance Framework, will have immense ramifications for Big Tech companies
In its report, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and IT has urged the government to finalise the draft of the DPDP Rules and Digital India Bill, without further delay
Rajeev Chandrasekhar also said that the much awaited Digital India Act is unlikely to be tabled for legislation before the 2024 general elections
On November 16, Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that safe harbour protections will not apply to platforms that promote algorithmic or search bias, or whose artificial intelligence models exhibit discriminatory behaviour.
The safe harbour provision gives internet platforms legal immunity against content shared by users on the platforms and
The bill may make it mandatory for intermediaries to comply with the Prohibition of Discriminatory Tariffs for Data Services, a piece of regulation that was brought in by TRAI to uphold net neutrality principles in India
To stop a developer or a publisher of a new and emerging technology from deploying it despite not getting the necessary clearance, the government is likely to bring in provisions of penalty against both stakeholders, Moneycontrol has learnt
The bill may make it mandatory for bodies to explain to citizens the rationale behind a decision taken by an algorithm, and how it arrived at the decision by processing of which particular user data