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The court has given permission to appeal before the other authority.
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to hear a petition seeking a legal ban on the use of social media for children below 13 years of age.
A bench of Justice BR Gawai and Justice Augustine George Christ said- this is a policy matter. Ask Parliament to make laws. It is outside our realm.
However, the court has given permission to appeal before the other authority. The bench said that the appeal can be made according to the law within eight weeks.
The JEP Foundation’s petition demanded the Central Government and other authority to instruct to start an age verification system like biometric verification to regulate the access of children to the social media platforms.
Apart from this, strict legal action was also sought on social media platforms that failed to follow the child protection rules.
Parents will be required to create a social media account
Now children below 18 years of age will be required to take the consent of their parents to open an account on social media. For this, the Central Government has prepared a draft of rules under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP), 2023. This draft was released on 3 January for the people. People could go to mygov.in and give their opinion about this draft. People’s objections and suggestions are being considered from 18 February.
OTP will come on parents’ mobile-email A few days after the draft came out, a model of the provision of the consent of the parent was also revealed. Sources in the IT ministry had said that OTP will come on the mobile phones and emails of parents of children under 18 years of age.
This will be generated on the basis of digital ID card of children and parents already existing in OTP Digital Space. Through this, the data of children or parents will not be public. Permission of age and confirmation can also be taken from the parent.
According to sources in Dainik Bhaskar, the parent will not be permission forever. When they feel that their permission is being misunderstood or this permission is taken by deception, they have no idea about the permission. In such a situation, they will also be able to withdraw permission.
DPDP law passed in October 2023 Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act passed from Parliament in October 2023. After the implementation of this law, people got the right to seek details about their data collections, storage and processing.
It became necessary to tell companies what data they are taking and what the data are using. There was a provision to impose a fine of up to Rs 250 crore on those who violated the law. It was up to 500 crores in the old bill.
Children’s social media ban bill passed in Australia The social media ban bill for children under 16 years of age in Australia was passed by Parliament in November 2024. Both the side and the opposition supported this bill. Australia is the first country in the world to pass such a bill.
According to the bill, if platforms like X, Tickets, Facebook, Instagram fail to stop children from having an account, then they can be fined up to Rs 275 crore (32.5 million). In this, no exemption will be given for parents’ consent or already existing accounts.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, while supporting the bill to 25 November, described social media as a weapon of tension, thugs and online criminals. He had said- He wants Australian youth to leave the phone and play football, cricket and tennis.
Danger like Deepfek, Digital Arrest and Online Fraud from social media
In many countries around the world, including India, many cases like Deepfek, Digital Arrest and Online Fraud have been reported through social media. In December last year, the Government of India also issued an advisory for social media platforms. In this, he was asked to follow the information technology (IT) rules regarding wrong information spread from deepfack and artificial intelligence.
One Indian is at least 11 social media platforms
According to the research firm ‘Redsier’, Indian users keep an eye on their smartphones on an average of 7.3 hours every day. They spend most of this time on social media. Whereas, the average screen time of American users is 7.1 hours and Chinese users 5.3 hours. Social media apps also use Indian users the most. There are 7 social media accounts of a human being in the US and Britain, while one Indian is present on at least 11 social media platforms.
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