India backs ‘new cyber law regime’

The note stresses that governments, organisations and individuals must take steps to enhance the security of information technology.

India is going to press for a “new cyber jurisprudence” independent of political compulsions in an effort to deal with cyber crimes, an internal government note has said. This proposal will be made at the Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance to be held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on April 23-24.

Accessed by The Indian Express, the government’s submission to the meeting states, “A mechanism for accountability should be put in place in respect of crimes committed in cyberspace, so the internet is a free and secure space for universal benefaction. A ‘new cyber jurisprudence’ needs to be evolved to deal with cyber crime, without being limited by political boundaries, so cyber-justice can be delivered in near real time.”

The note stresses that governments, organisations and individuals must take steps to enhance the security of information technology. It also says structures that manage and regulate core internet resources need to be made democratic.

Shubhajit Roy

Shubhajit Roy, Diplomatic Editor at The Indian Express, has been a journalist for more than 25 years now. Roy joined The Indian Express in October 2003 and has been reporting on foreign affairs for more than 17 years now. Based in Delhi, he has also led the National government and political bureau at The Indian Express in Delhi — a team of reporters who cover the national government and politics for the newspaper. He has got the Ramnath Goenka Journalism award for Excellence in Journalism ‘2016. He got this award for his coverage of the Holey Bakery attack in Dhaka and its aftermath. He also got the IIMCAA Award for the Journalist of the Year, 2022, (Jury’s special mention) for his coverage of the fall of Kabul in August 2021 — he was one of the few Indian journalists in Kabul and the only mainstream newspaper to have covered the Taliban’s capture of power in mid-August, 2021. ... Read More

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