Nikhil Sud
Nikhil Sud is a lawyer by training and specializes in legal and policy issues related to technology. He serves as Regulatory Affairs Specialist at the Albright Stonebridge Group. Views expressed are personal and do not constitute legal advice.
To bolster innovation, India’s tech policymakers should rely more on specialists; abandon the “level playing field” narrative; see the merits in non-intervention; look to international precedent but smartly; incorporate judicial scrutiny into policies; and eliminate various forms of 'policy chaos'
As India develops and implements its policy to protect Indians from cyberattacks, it must also engage in the Oxford Process to draw from international law’s cybersecurity protections
The intention behind the new IT Rules—curbing harmful content online—and their actual effect on users, free speech, and intermediaries are quite divergent
India's proposal to regulate non-personal data is symptomatic of a larger trend of over-intervention in competition in India. Abandoning commendable restraint India has shown over the years will also abandon thriving competition and innovation that this approach has spurred
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