MUMBAI, INDIA — In August 2023, President Narendra Modi’s government enacted a law that critics say will make India’s much-lauded Right to Information Act all but irrelevant. Journalists, activists, lawyers and academics frequently use the Right to Information Act of 2005 to access information for the public good. About 6 million RTI applications are filed every year, the highest rate of public information requests in the world. On March 26, over 120 opposition leaders urged the repeal of the latest amendment to the RTI Act. Privacy as a fundamental rightThe social media age touched off nationwide conversations about data privacy.