EAM Jaishankar pitches for equity, fairness in use of tech and data

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar advocated for equity and fairness in the use of technology and data in a virtual panel discussion at the Sydney Dialogue on Friday.

There has to be basic regulations and a sense of equity and fairness in the use of new technologies and data, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday.

In a virtual panel discussion at the Sydney Dialogue, he said the new digital space and data world cannot be run on the "19th-century principle of capitalism" and that there is a need for effective norms to regulate them.