Naman M. Aggarwal

The new amendment bill would undo the Indian Supreme Court’s adopted principles for protecting privacy and data security in the Aadhaar digital ID programme. 

The government’s proposed amendments on intermediary liability in India won’t fix disinformation, but will harm digital security and human rights, the coalition warns.

It is now clear that the badly designed system will do more harm than good. But it cannot be fixed through patchwork changes.

On 15 data protection policy-making metrics, we found that the Srikrishna Committee output passed muster on four principles.

The Supreme Court of India has ruled on multiple challenges raised against the Aadhaar digital ID, making key restrictions.

Bangladesh’s Parliament passed the new Digital Security Act with the intention of ensuring national digital security and preventing and prosecuting digital offenses, but in practice it poses significant threats to free expression.

Students have taken to the streets in protest, and authorities have reportedly arrested a number of activists and journalists covering the protests online — a major breach of freedom of expression in the region.

India has taken a first step in creating a data protection framework, announcing draft legislation for the world’s second-largest internet user population.

Cambodia has announced a new directive aimed at combating “fake news” that will reportedly require all websites to register with Cambodia’s Ministry of Information or face additional scrutiny.

India’s internet users are not protected by any national privacy institution or adequate data protection framework. But that might change — soon.