STANDING COMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY 13.09.2021-12.09.2022

PERIOD 2021-2022:

DR.T. SUMATHY (A) THAMIZHACHI THANGAPANDIAN (CHENNAI SOUTH):

 

The mentioned period was my third continuous year in the committee. For the said period, I have been a part of various meetings and raised questions and concerns about:

  •  safeguarding citizens’ rights and prevention of misuse of social/online news media
    platforms including special emphasis on women security in the digital space;
  •  abuse faced by women on other digital platforms;
  • functioning of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) relating to the
    Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in context of the draft Cinematograph
    (Amendment) Bill, 2021;
  •  deposition of twitter on citizen’s data privacy and questions regarding how they
    maintain norms, comply by rules and the challenges faced;
  •  gig, technology and digital platforms and how they comply with data privacy
    norms and requirements;
  •  key objectives of India’s Information Technology Act, 2000 and how effectively
    have they been achieved;
  • cyber-security scenario in India and the challenges faced;
  • challenges of emerging and converging technologies, entities and practices.

 

During the said period, I was also a part of the study tour undertaken by the committeefrom 30.05.2022 to 04.06.2022. We had interactions with the Leh-Department of Posts,
Kargil-DoT/BSNL, Drass-DoT/BSNL and Srinagar-Ministry of I&B/DDK/AIR. The discussions revolved around challenges faced by the individual departments, cyber-security
threats, progress of various Union Government schemes. The visit also involved various site visits to track progress of the infrastructure and schemes.

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