To be clear, India is not alone.
Regulators around the world have also ramped up scrutiny on the outsized influence of Silicon Valley s tech titans. From the United States to Europe and Australia, regulators are tightening the rules to keep Big Tech in check.
Keeping Big Tech in check
From tackling fake news to preventing monopolistic practices, the Indian government has come down hard on Big Tech in recent months.
In February, New Delhi announced sweeping reforms to that would hold social media platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp and others more accountable to legal requests
. They would be required to take down content the government deems unlawful while messaging service providers would be required to identify original posters of certain messages but that could mean breaking end-to-end encryption promised to users.
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