Archive · 24 Sep 2025
India's Regulatory Approach Compared to the US: Tech Platforms
India and the United States took different paths in dealing with tech platforms.
India's approach was to ban.
The United States was able to secure compliance with its own national framework and infrastructure.
Without similar tools, India defaulted to prohibition.
India’s TikTok ban highlights a lack of regulatory imagination.
The US secured compliance from TikTok through oversight.
India lacked the tools for similar compliance measures.
Future platforms will face similar outcomes unless regulatory capacity strengthens.
GST 2.0 has tightened central control over indirect taxes.
- Who
- India and the United States
- What
- Differing regulatory approaches to tech platforms.
- When
- Not Specified
- Where
- India and the United States.
- Why
- India's lack of regulatory capacity compared to the US.
Indian Approach
US Approach
Regulatory Tools
Indian Approach
Lack of regulatory infrastructure and imagination.
US Approach
Sovereign infrastructure and oversight to ensure compliance.
Outcomes
Indian Approach
Defaulted to prohibition.
US Approach
Secured compliance.
- Subject
- Regulatory Approaches to Tech Platforms
- Location
- India and the United States
- Focus
- Sovereign infrastructure
- India's Action
- Defaulted to prohibition
- US Action
- Secured compliance
