The world has witnessed the emergence of anti-encryption legislation that is causing concern amongst those who value their privacy and desire uninhibited communication.

The Indian government recently notified new rules on how digital and social media platforms should operate in the country. It has been argued that these rules will harm end to end encryption, substantially increase surveillance, promote automated filtering and prompt a fragmentation of the Internet that would harm users while failing to empower Indians.

In the latest episode of VakilTalks, Adv. Arushi Gupta has helped us understand the new IT rules in the light of the battle between privacy of the citizens v. Security of the state.