Meta is concerned that Indian govt could regulate internet apps with proposed telecom law
Meta’s India policy head Shivnath Thukral writes in an internal email, ‘Govt could have sufficient discretion to designate OTTs as a telecommunications service’ under the Telecommunications Bill, 2023.
Telecommunications Bill Lays the Ground for Totalitarian Control of the Internet
While the Bill is being praised by the telecom industry for replacing archaic colonial laws, the Telecommunication Bill 2023 is expected to provide a larger control than these colonial laws to the Government of India and its institutions. Srinivas Kodali writes.