From data protection to revised IT Rules, 2023 awaits key tech guardrails

New Delhi: As India aspires to become a $5 trillion digital economy, it needs sharper regulations to tame Big Tech from misusing their market dominance, while promoting local innovation and talent. Will 2023 finally deliver key bills on digital personal data protection and cryptocurrency?

Amid the pending bills are revised IT Rules, 2021 to tackle internet and social media intermediaries in order to create a safer experience for Indian users while protecting their privacy in mind, and rules on the regulation of online gaming as IT Ministry has now been made the nodal agency for matters related to online gaming.