EXCLUSIVE: Ambani, Adani outlets among Indian publishers contesting Modi’s privacy law
Major Indian media outlets connected to billionaires Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani are among publishers challenging India's data protection law introduced under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government. The legal contest puts some of the country's most powerful business-linked media organizations in opposition to a national privacy framework.
Why this matters: When the people pushing back against a privacy law are outlets owned by two of the wealthiest men in the country, it is worth paying attention to whose interests are really at stake. Publishers often have legitimate concerns about data rules and press freedom. They also collect a lot of data on readers and have business reasons to limit how tightly that is regulated. India's privacy law is already criticized for giving the government broad exemptions. The publishers contesting it may have a point, or they may simply want fewer rules on themselves. Both things can be true at once.
Who should care: General readers · Privacy officers · Policy
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