DPDP Act & Rules Collectively Cripple RTI, Endanger Journalism, Says DIGIPUB

New Delhi: DIGIPUB News India Foundation, a collective of digital news portals and independent journalists, has expressed its deep concern over the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules (DPDP), 2025, notified by the government on November 13, making the Act concerned enforceable with immediate effect. In a press statement, DIGIPUB, whose members include News Minute, The Wire, AltNews, Newsclick, Newslaundry, The Quint, Boomlive, Article 14, HW News, Scroll, Cobrapost among others, said the concerned Act and the Rules collectively cripple the Right to Information Act, and also endanger journalism.