Digital Competition Bill: Experts told ET that a digital competition law could have far-reaching consequences, especially for big tech players operating in India s digital markets.
When Indias Information Technology Act came into being in October 2000, Facebook was four years away from its inception, the first iPhone wouldn t be launched for the next seven years, and the Nasdaq was experiencing an unprecedented implosion of the dotcom bubble. The internet has changed a lot since. Now, to replace the IT Act of 2000, the government is bringing the Digital India Act, the draft of which will be open for public consultation in the next two weeks. This and more in todays ETtech Morning Dispatch.