Parental Consent Needed for Under-18 Social Media Access

• Australia's government proposes a ban on social media for children under 16.
• The ban, citing risks to mental and physical health, could be implemented as early as next year.
• Prime Minister Anthony Albanese states that social medi...

• Australia introduces bill to ban social media for under 16s, with fines up to $32m for breaches.
• The proposed law includes stringent age-verification and no exemptions for parental consent.
• The move is part of a wider effort to p...

• The IT Ministry has directed social media platforms to ensure compliance with Rule 4 of the IT Rules 2021.
• Platforms must publish monthly compliance reports, detailing complaints received, actions taken, and content removed or blocke...

➤ The government announced that it would release a data protection draft in India for the public to comment on.

➤ The draft was created under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act of 2023 and concerns data privacy and corporate accou...