India: Rejected Personal Data Protection Bill including user verification mechanism
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Rejected Personal Data Protection Bill including user verification mechanism
On 3 August 2022, the Indian Government withdrew the Personal Data Protection Bill (2019) which had been pending in the House (Lok Sabha). The Bill would have required social media intermediaries to establish a voluntary user verification mechanism.
Original sourceScope
Policy Area
Authorisation, registration and licensing
Policy Instrument
User identification requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
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2019-12-11
under deliberation
2021-12-16
under deliberation