Proposed Digital India Act will focus on online safety, AI will be regulated: MoS IT

The proposed Digital India Act will have a large section devoted to online safety and trust to ensure that people approach the internet without any fear and mistrust, Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said.

He also said that the Digital India Act (DIA) will address any kind of asymmetric relationship between big tech companies and startups to check distortion of things that startups want to do on the internet.

“Online safety and trust is going to be a huge section in the DIA,” Chandrasekhar said.