Digital India Act’s draft to be open for discussion by June 7: IT Minister

The first draft of the upcoming Digital India Act (DIA) will be up for consultation by June 7, reported Moneycontrol quoting Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) Rajeev Chandrasekhar.

“The DIA bill will be released in the first week of June and consultation on the draft will start on June 7,” Chandrasekhar said.

Amid the growing threat of AI-related misinformation, the bill is aimed to deal with misinformation and ‘high-risk AI’ to prevent user harm.

The DIA is expected to replace the Information Technology Act of 2000, taking into consideration the need to regulate and safeguard users in the expanding internet economy in India.