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Without stringent law, threats to Mark Zuckerberg are hollow: Experts

IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday warned Facebook and other social networks of tough action, if they attempted to influence the Indian elections

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A data protection law might not directly stop firms from buying data from third-party developers, but it is a great pre-emptive measure to stop unnecessary data collection Photo:istock

Alnoor PeermohamedKaran Choudhury Bengaluru/New Delhi
The best way of keeping a check on the manipulation of elections through campaigns on Facebook is by introducing a strong data protection policy, said experts. After the Cambridge Analytica row, all eyes are on the use of such tools during the upcoming general election in India.
 
Union Law and Information Technology (IT) Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday warned Facebook and other social networks of tough action, if they attempted to influence the Indian elections. However, experts said these threats are hollow because the current law protecting user data lacks teeth.
 
“Without a strong data protection law,

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