Internet, tech can do harm if not regulated via prism of safety: MoS IT

Internet and technology – unless regulated carefully through the prism of safety and trust – have the power to harm users, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Friday, adding that ‘guardrails’ have to be carefully developed without over-regulating innovation.

The Minister of State for IT and Electronics said that while artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the biggest inventions of recent times, the government is committed to ensuring the safety of users on digital platforms, given that India is one of the largest connected nations in the world with almost 850 million Indians already using the internet and 1.2 billion estimated to do so by 2025-26.