How India’s privacy law could affect journalism and why media groups oppose it
Top news publishers in India, including outlets of billionaires Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani, have challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s privacy law in court, arguing it would trample investigative work and let government identify journalists’ sources.
Media companies received assurances in an August meeting with the government that the law would protect press freedom, but not having a written carve-out for journalists like in the European Union, Singapore and Britain was alarming, they say.
