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by _mdlf 2739 days ago
This is much worst than what we saw in Australia, current Indian govt headed by right wing political party with track record of human rights abuses have passed this order without passing through Parliament using a loop hole in the IT ACT.

This is likely aimed at upcoming elections for data analyses via ISP & to target journalists critical of the current govt in India.

But I feel that the International community isn't going to rally up for India like they did for Australia; I doubt even if expats would.
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nonamechicken 2738 days ago
According to the below link, this is not a new rule, but something the UPA government passed. This new order just lists out the agencies that can access the data, where as the original rule didn't list anyone specifically. I remember the "provide password or 7 years jail" was a thing for a while.

https://www.firstpost.com/india/mha-says-snooping-order-base...

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techie128 2738 days ago
Spreading FUD about India?
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Dravidian 2738 days ago
No,stating opinions based on factual information on the present Indian govt.
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fuckofidiot 2735 days ago
"Current Indian govt headed by right wing political party with track record of human rights abuses have passed this order without passing through Parliament using a loop hole in the IT ACT". It's your opinion without any fact. The law was introduced by UPA.https://m.hindustantimes.com/india-news/in-arun-jaitley-s-st...
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antgly 2738 days ago
Not the most useful bot. CTRL/Cmd + F “analys”
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sbmthakur 2738 days ago
> This is much worst than what we saw in Australia, current Indian govt headed by right wing political party with track record of human rights abuses have passed this order without passing through Parliament using a loop hole in the IT ACT.

The main opposition party has far worse record of human rights abuses. So please spare us the propoganda

> This is likely aimed at upcoming elections for data analyses via ISP & to target journalists critical of the current govt in India.

Even prior to this government, journalists were being targeted by the regime. It has more to do with India's archaic laws(eg: defamation) than anything else.

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