The Supreme Court docket on Friday refused to entertain a plea looking for to impose a statutory prohibition on social media utilization for kids under 13 years. “It’s a coverage matter.
You ask Parliament to enact the regulation,” a bench of Justices B R Gavai and Augustine George Masih advised the counsel showing for the petitioner. “We aren’t inclined to entertain the current petition in as a lot because the aid sought is inside the area of coverage,” the bench mentioned.
Whereas disposing of the plea, it granted liberty to the petitioner to make a illustration to the authority. The bench mentioned if such a illustration was made, the identical be thought of in accordance with regulation inside eight weeks.
The plea, filed by Zep Basis, sought instructions to the Centre and others to mandate the introduction of strong age verification system, comparable to biometric authentication, to control kids’s entry to social media platforms.
The petition, filed by way of advocate Mohini Priya, additionally sought to implement strict penalties for social media platforms failing to adjust to kids safety laws.
