SC seeks response of Centre on PIL seeking safeguards for minors accessing social media
- The Supreme Court of India issued a notice to the Union government on a PIL seeking to prohibit children under 18 from independently creating social media accounts.
- The petition filed by Just Rights for Children Alliance challenges platforms allowing minors to accept user agreements, citing legal contradictions under the Indian Contract Act, 1872.
- The plea highlights risks such as online grooming, exploitation, and cyberbullying, urging supervised accounts with mandatory age and parental verification.
- The court sought responses from relevant ministries and tentatively scheduled the hearing for September 25, noting the need for clear safeguards to protect children.
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New Delhi, Sep 10: The Supreme Court on Thursday sought responses from the Union ministries of electronics and information technology as well as law and justice on a plea seeking safeguards for minors accessing social media and to ensure no such platform enters into a contract with a child below 18 years of age. A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana issued notices to the two ministries on th…
<p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court has issued a notice on a plea seeking to invalidate contracts for opening social media accounts for children under the age of 18. The petition also seeks mandatory consent from parents or legal guardians and e-KYC before opening social media accounts.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">During the hearing on Thursday, September 10, the Supreme Court deemed the petition important. After briefly he…
‘Digital Firewalls Needed’: Supreme Court Seeks Centre’s Reply on Social Media Access for Minors | 📰 LatestLY
The Supreme Court of India on Thursday issued a notice to the Union government regarding a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking to prohibit children below 18 years of age from independently creating and maintaining social media accounts. 📰 ‘Digital Firewalls Needed’: Supreme Court Seeks Centre’s Reply on Social Media Access for Minors.
Supreme Court seeks Centre's response on plea to ban minors from social media — ‘Need some safeguard’
The PIL argues that minors are statutorily incapable of entering into contracts under the Indian Contract Act, making their acceptance of social media user agreements void.
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dtnext.inSC agrees to hear plea seeking safeguards for minors accessing social media
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a plea seeking safeguards for minors accessing social media and other digital platforms and to ensure that no such platform enters into a contract with a child below 18 years of age.
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