The bill itself is believed to have been cleared by the Cabinet on Friday, but it’s not clear when it will be tabled in Parliament. The draft bill was issued in September last year and put up for public consultation.
As deep fakes created by gen AI tools become more rampant, several experts flagged the need for the DPDP to address this. Further, with elections happening in two of the largest democracies next year - India and the US, many believed it was all the more imperative to address the matter as perverse images of public figures or doctored audio and videos can be circulated to tarnish their reputation.
Producers say that the success of the niche American titles shows the willingness of audiences to come to theatres
Hyperlocal content and slow start have given such platforms’ time to evaluate the market and they believe catering to a specific niche has its own advantages.
The Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill 2023 has introduced a concept of deemed consent, explicit consent and a right to the data subject to withdraw consent.
Union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, said while introducing the Bill in the Parliament that it would provide for the processing of digital personal data in a manner that recognises the rights of the individual, as well as the need to process such personal data for law purposes.
MTV India is planning to launch regional language versions of its flagship IPs to expand its reach among the youth beyond the Hindi-speaking market, targeting Tamil Nadu and Kerala
The measure to block access has been introduced to give the government control on repeated instances of flagrant violations of the provisions of the bill, a senior government official said.
It took more than a decade - and half-a-dozen extensive iterations on the initial superstructure – for New Delhi to finally bring in a comprehensive bill that aims to safeguard digital privacy of Indian citizens.