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by snr
2679 days ago
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On one hand, I disapprove of this with the fear of India becoming all watching and dissent suppressing like China. On the other hand, India has a real national security need to know everything that goes on, thanks to its neighbor(s?). On a parallel note of "foreign" technology companies, I believe we will see data sovereignty being a fundamental right/resource of nations (like natural resources) as a means to fairly redistribute internet technology generated wealth. |
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The good old "national security" crutch. It's always used by those in power to spread surveillance, censorship, restrict freedom of expression, etc. A lot of the issues within India as it concerns the likes of Twitter, Facebook, Google, etc., are internally manufactured...and the main culprits are the largest political parties themselves. [1]
India does have constant threats from Pakistan and China, but censorship within the country is not going to help tackle those.
[1]: http://time.com/5512032/whatsapp-india-election-2019/