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Indian artists take government to court over 'chilling' tech laws
- hunglee2 3y agothe EU Digital Services Act also has provisions which enable governments to demand removal of content from online platforms. US Gov method is more implicit, through embedding 'ex'-employees into online safety teams and demanding backdoor surveillance on messaging. Seems like we are all marching toward the same future, via slightly different routes
- derelicta 3y ago> the EU Digital Services Act also has provisions which enable governments to demand removal of content from online platforms And without prior warrant nor judicial authorisation !
- trust_bt_verify 3y ago> US Gov method is more implicit, through embedding 'ex'-employees into online safety teams and demanding backdoor surveillance on messaging. I have seen this claim a couple time on HN in the last week. Did I miss the source for this?
- isanjay 3y agoWe have reached peak authoritarism I see. It's a shame that a country of 1.4B can't produce a competent opposition.
- dartharva 3y agoAll governments in the world are capable of ordering the likes of Twitter and YouTube to censor or remove content if they wish to operate in their jurisdiction. This is nothing new.
- webmobdev 3y agoIndia has a competent opposition. But any competent opposition is limited in democratically fighting an authoritarian regime that doesn't subscribe to democratic values.
- two_in_one 3y agoWho can? Most countries are ruled by the same groups for decades, or by mobs temporarily. In some there is an illusion of opposition. Like in Russia 'opposition' is being played by actors. With a few real, but they don't live long.
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- desi_ninja 3y agoArtist turned political activist turned attention seeker. The headline is quite sneaky to omit his tantrums of past years. Even if the stand is right, Kunal kamra has lost all credibility for me. I would rather support someone else making similar points than this joke of a person.