During a recent event in Bengaluru, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, a former Union Minister, drew attention to a significant regulatory gap concerning the monetisation of publicly available non-personal data.

He expressed concerns about the lack of a legal framework governing the scraping and monetisation of such data, emphasizing the need for clarity in this area.

Chandrasekhar, who previously held the position of minister of state for electronics, information, and technology, made these remarks in response to questions about deepfakes.

His comments also highlighted the issues surrounding large language models (LLMs) that use publicly available data from the internet without adequately compensating the original data owners.

This discussion highlights the urgent need for regulatory measures to address these challenges in the evolving digital economy.