A parliamentary panel has recommended treating Twitter, Facebook as publishers. The panel also intends to set up a regulatory body to oversee them.
Personal data protection bill
Recommendations were made after reviewing the personal data protection bill. It seeks to protect users’ privacy and enforce controls on how online companies collect and store data. The current laws on social media as intermediaries are not sufficient.
The current provisions in the personal data protection bill are too broad.The report’s recommendations will be presented in the parliament on November 29.
