IT Minister cites proposed ‘Digital India Act’ by 2023

New Delhi: According to Minister of State for IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the draft legislative framework to promote “India’s Taken” is anticipated as early as 2023 as a substantial amount of effort has been put into the proposed Digital India Act.

The remark assumes significance in the light of the fact that India is making rapid progress towards a solid framework that will support its digital objectives and regulate the online ecosystem with openness, user safety and trust as its guiding principles. Will do

The administration has ensured that the important legislation which will serve as the foundation of “New India” and its digital architecture will be prepared with considerable inputs.

When asked about the status of the Digital India Act, which will replace the IT Act, Chandrashekhar said: “A significant work has been done on this, and we expect that by early 2023, under the leadership of the Prime Minister, There will be a legislative framework for India’s technology. To be placed before the country.”

The minister announced that the government intends to conduct in-depth consultations on important legislations.

“… for ‘New India’ all these laws should be modernized, extensive consultation should be done with consumers, industry, startups, lawyers, judges, citizens… they all have to find out that all these laws His voice has been included in the film, and that is exactly what we will do,” Chandrashekhar told PTI in an interview.

He clarified: “We are not working on artificial deadlines.”

He said the IT Act 2000, which is over twenty years old, would be replaced by a future law, the Digital India Act, but made no mention of any specific provision.

Chandrashekhar said that the laws, rules and legal precedents related to the Internet will keep on changing. It is important to note that the government has recently changed the rules regarding information technology, and as a result, user disputes regarding decisions made by social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook regarding hosting controversial content. An appellate panel will be formed to settle the matter. ,

In particular, social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook operating in India have to comply with local laws and constitutional rights of Indian users. New IT rule amendments now impose a legal obligation on social media companies to make all reasonable efforts to prevent restricted content and misinformation.