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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