Memo To New MeitY Ministers: Current IT Rules Are Impractical; Focus Should Be On Barring Tech Giants From Censoring
by Arihant Pawariya - Jul 10, 2021 02:37 AM
New Minister of of Electronics and Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw
Snapshot
If the objective is to practically solve the problem of social media behemoths arbitrarily censoring content, the current rules are of little help.
In the latest cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has got the biggest shot in the arm with two accomplished technocrat-entrepreneurs Ashwini Vaishnav and Rajeev Chandrasekhar as new bosses.
Vaishnav, a former IAS officer with degrees from IIT Kanpur and Wharton Business School and armed with experience of heading important arms of multinational companies like General Electric and Siemens will head the ministry where he will be assisted by Minister of State Chandrasekhar who studied Computer Science at Illinois In