India Is Setting Up A Broad Digital Act To Regulate AI and Big Tech By CIOtechOutlook Team

India Is Setting Up A Broad Digital Act To Regulate AI and Big Tech

CIOtechOutlook Team | Friday, 26 May 2023, 05:44 IST

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India's IT minister has begun teasing the content of the country's long-awaited digital law.
 
The Digital India Bill consultations began in March 2023, when the minister for entrepreneurship, skill development, electronics, and technology was appointed. Rajeev Chandrasekhar noted that the country's current IT Act is so outdated that it does not even mention the internet.
 
In recent days, the minister has stated that a draught of the bill will be released in early June and has hinted at its content.
 
Oversight of AI, as Chandrasekhar told local media, "will regulate them through the prism of user harm."
 
India's IT minister has begun teasing the content of the country's long-awaited digital law.
 
The Digital India Bill consultations began in March 2023, when the minister for entrepreneurship, skill development, electronics, and technology was appointed. Rajeev Chandrasekhar noted that the country's current IT Act is so outdated that it does not even mention the internet.
 
In recent days, the minister has stated that a draught of the bill will be released in early June and has hinted at its content.
 
Oversight of AI, as Chandrasekhar told local media, "will regulate them through the prism of user harm."
 
The minister went on to say that while India is aware of the global interest in AI regulation, "we have our own views on how AI should have guardrails" and will not be afraid to implement them, even if they differ from norms established elsewhere. According to other reports, the draught law will define high-risk AI systems and regulate them differently.
 
Another topic of discussion is how India will regulate online content in light of proposals to give a government-run fact-checking service the authority to order takedowns.
 
Another teaser in local media – unearthed by a chat with Chandrasekhar – suggests moderation of so-called "fake news" on social media is likely to appear in the bill. That teaser also mentions forced age-based restrictions on services felt to be addictive, risk assessments of algorithms, and rules governing content monetization.
 
Other reports mention changes to India’s safe harbor provisions that exempt online services from liability for some of their users posts.

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