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India: What is wrong with the 2023 Digital Personal Data Protection Bill that was just passed in the Parliament ? a select compilation

14 August 2023

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Problems with the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill (July 2023) https://youtu.be/jJOlHJ87J0E

Dark Side of India’s Data Protection Bill | Deshbhakt Takeover Ep3 - ft Anjali Bharadwaj https://youtu.be/p_ERWLezCzI

why it is important to raise your voice on the #DataProtection Bill. How will the bill weaken our Right to Information (Aug 6, 2023) https://twitter.com/johriamrita/status/1688151628220907521

Data protection bill: Will India’s hard-won information law get weaker? by Umang Poddar (BBC News - 15 August 2023) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-66458480

Wrong on right: RTI takes another hit via the new data law. Ordinary people with grievances will be affected most (Editorial, The Times of India, August 15, 2023) https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-editorials/wrong-on-right-rti-takes-another-hit-via-the-new-data-law-ordinary-people-with-grievances-will-be-affected-most/

Derek O’Brien writes on Data Protection Act: A systematic wreckage of democratic procedure https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/data-protection-act-derek-o-brien-8897135/

Decoding the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2023 | In Focus podcast from The Hindu
Anjali Bhardwaj and Alok Prasanna talk about the key points of the data protection bill and the major concerns that follow

Data Protection Law will turn RTI into - RTI to Deny info https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/will-data-protection-law-sound-the-death-knell-for-rti-act/articleshow/102694894.cms

Data Protection Bill does not protect us — it attacks our rights by Nikhil Dey, Aruna Roy (August 10, 2023) https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/nikhil-dey-and-aruna-roy-write-data-protection-bill-does-not-protect-us-it-attacks-our-rights-8880902/

An Act to cement digital authoritarianism by Apar Gupta (The Hindu, August 17, 2023)
The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 is about total state control and having every Indian slip on a digital leash
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/an-act-to-cement-digital-authoritarianism/article67202493.ece