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Personal Data Protection Bill may face legal challenge; crypto exchanges eye targeted ads Happy Friday! Big Tech firms are up in arms against some provisions of the Personal Data Protection Bill. The biggest bone of contention has been the proposal to classify social media platforms as publishers. Companies are mulling legal action if lawmakers accept

As per the new Bill, telecom services and networks will need authorisation from the government, unless it decides to exempt certain entities in public interest. What would this mean?

The assignment of spectrum — whether through an auction or administrative allocation — for satellite communications was at the heart of a debate between the government and a divided industry, with the telecom department even asking the telecom regulator TRAI for modalities around auctioning satellite spectrum.

According to sources, the next version of the Bill along with the IT Act amendment, national data governance framework etc will be placed in Parliament to address all issues of the IT sector, including data privacy

We hope the IT ministry will use this opportunity to address the numerous criticisms made by various stakeholders, says Internet Freedom Foundation

Get latest articles and stories on Latest News at LatestLY. IT industry players have appreciated the governments move to withdraw the personal data protection bill and sought participation in the consultation process of the fresh draft. Latest News | IT Industry Seeks Participation in Consultation for Fresh Personal Data Protection Bill.

The Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) has asked the Indian government to withdraw its recent cybersecurity directive.