Concerns about high-tech companies

The story of high-technology companies in India will now turn on the interfaces between them and the regulators

Technologists were imbued with the notion that they are building a wholly new world, that the laws of today are a pesky problem that must be brushed away. This is part of the “move fast and break things” philosophy. In previous years, the policy community was indulgent towards technologists when it appeared that valuable new things were being done. Then came the recent years, where the Internet was an accessory to the rise of authoritarian regimes around the world. The kid gloves are now off, and we have a collision of regulation with high technology. In India, this story turns