Newly Proposed Data Protection Bill Could Change the Way Tech Companies Collect Data

Privacy has become a major issue in the country and around the world as of late with the massive spread of fake news and the circulation of the same affecting the socio-political environment. However, in India, the government is actively looking for ways to mitigate the damage that fake news can do and how to curb the problems that social media can present for society. To pull this off, the government has issued a new proposed privacy bill that might ask the social media sites to ask for an identity verification option, as per the government sources who talked to Reuters. These new requirements might pose some unique complications related to policy and technical issues for companies like TikTok, Twitter, WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram who have millions of users onboard their platforms.

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Government to Ask Sites to Verify Profiles of Users

If this method is to be implemented, then the social media sites will have to set up a verification mechanism which the users would be able to use to verify their identities. This would be of a little resemblance to the blue tick, which is a popularly known common verification method for the celebrities and notable personalities who use these social media platforms. However, as per the sources, this verification would be kept optional for the users. The new bill is called the Personal Data Protection Bill, and it is creating waves on the Internet and in the tech industry as the stakeholders of the sector wait for its drafting. This bill is slated to change how the industry stores the data of the Indian consumers.