The Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 is proving to be a draconian legislation insofar as the practice of journalism is concerned. The Act mandates across-the-board requirement for journalists to obtain consent before publishing data relating to any person in their reports. This is unnecessarily restrictive and impractical since journalism is about investigation especially when […]

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