Impact of New Data Protection Law on Journalism

There will be no journalism,

no secrets will be exposed.

Through investigative journalism

the government's foundations were so shaken by

investigative journalism that it has brought

a law to ban investigative journalism.

The Digital Personal Data

Protection Act will take effect next May.

In opposition to this, the Digital

News Publishers Association filed a

petition in the Supreme Court against it.

They have told the court that this

law is censorship of journalism.

What is in this law that every

journalist should oppose?

Under this law,

the person a reporter is reporting on

on, must give consent to the

reporter investigating them.

is investigating. From that very person

you will have to ask, “Hey,

can we investigate you?”

What will the outcome be?

The outcome will be that he will destroy

the evidence or the reporter. A person

featured in the story can demand that

their personal data be removed.

Then there will be no data, and no story.

The government-related data in a news report

can demand it. Now what will happen

is that journalists' sources, those

informants, their identities

will be revealed. Out of fear,

people

will stop giving journalists information.

In other words, the government has made every effort

to ensure no one can do investigative

journalism by any means. However,

the Supreme Court has now asked the central

government to respond to this petition.

Let's see what the government

says. What do you think?

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