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Not more dangerous to fellow humans than other kinds of world leaders, surely? America, without nationalist populists at the helm these past two decades, was clearly dangerous to the people of Afghanistan and Iraq (unless they are not part of humanity). Self-serving politicians are the rule across the world, not exceptions. The best we can hope for is one person is not in power for too long.
But without details, "Personal Data Protection" can be newspeak for government-sanctioned abuse, like laws against "Child Pornography" that are actually intended to establish interception platforms. Are there good summaries of these Indian laws?
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Not more dangerous to fellow humans than other kinds of world leaders, surely? America, without nationalist populists at the helm these past two decades, was clearly dangerous to the people of Afghanistan and Iraq (unless they are not part of humanity). Self-serving politicians are the rule across the world, not exceptions. The best we can hope for is one person is not in power for too long.
Gist of it is - the committee recommended major changes across the board in all sections of the act so the IT Ministry would rework the bill and present it for discussion again in the parliament.
I know India looks like a lawless place because of the chaotic news coverage in the NYtimes but it is a democracy and most if not all government action have rational policy choices that presented in the Indian parliament. The loksabha proceedings (especially the question hour) is the best way to understand what goes on in India.
Edit: For those without a lot of time should check the point by point explanation and rebuttal for the recommendations here [2]
1. http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Committee/CommitteeInformation.aspx...
2. https://vidhilegalpolicy.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/JPC-P...
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Not more dangerous to fellow humans than other kinds of world leaders, surely? America, without nationalist populists at the helm these past two decades, was clearly dangerous to the people of Afghanistan and Iraq (unless they are not part of humanity). Self-serving politicians are the rule across the world, not exceptions. The best we can hope for is one person is not in power for too long.
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Not more dangerous to fellow humans than other kinds of world leaders, surely? America, without nationalist populists at the helm these past two decades, was clearly dangerous to the people of Afghanistan and Iraq (unless they are not part of humanity). Self-serving politicians are the rule across the world, not exceptions. The best we can hope for is one person is not in power for too long.
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And for the record, the US isn't bombing Yemen, Saudi Arabia and the UAE are, with US, British, French and other weapons. Get your war crimes right. Complicity by selling weapons for war crimes, and actually committing war crimes, are not the same thing.
In case you are serious about understanding why it was pulled out and really care about the details for such an action, I highly recommend you check the Joint Committee on the Personal Data Protection report [1] the Press Release section where they released the 534 pages report on it. Gist of it is - the committee recommended major changes across the board in all sections of the act so the IT Ministry would rework th…