Should India vote to adopt the UN cybercrime treaty? Tech policy expert weighs in

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with hundreds of world leaders, policymakers, envoys, and other representatives are likely to gather in New York, US, next month to attend the 79th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA).

A key item expected to feature in the agenda of the global forum is a vote among UN member States to adopt the first-ever international cybercrime treaty that has been five years in the making. If adopted, the treaty will have to be further signed and ratified by at least 40 countries in order to take effect; even as detractors call for the legally-binding agreement to be abandoned altogether.