Andhra Pradesh mulling over ban on social media for children below 13

(*13*)Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Friday (March 06) stated the Andhra Pradesh authorities is planning to introduce measures to limit social media entry for children below 13 years of age with a purpose to shield them from its potential destructive affect.

(*13*)Talking within the Meeting, the Chief Minister stated the proposal, urged by Minister for IT and Schooling Nara Lokesh, is presently into consideration and a programme to implement the restriction is more likely to be rolled out inside the subsequent 90 days. He added that the federal government can be analyzing attainable laws for children within the 13–16 age group and can take a ultimate choice after wider consultations and consensus. Mr. Naidu emphasised that the federal government is dedicated to safeguarding children from the dangerous results of extreme social media utilization and making certain their total well-being.

(*13*)In the meantime, Mr. Lokesh additionally reacted to an identical proposal introduced within the neighbouring Karnataka. Throughout his Funds speech, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah introduced his authorities’s plan to ban social media use for children below 16 years to deal with issues concerning the rising affect of cell phone and social media utilization amongst kids.

(*13*)Responding to it, Mr. Lokesh remarked on X: “Imitation is the sincerest type of flattery” and stated he was happy to see Karnataka contemplating restrictions on social media for younger customers. He famous that Andhra Pradesh had earlier proposed comparable measures geared toward defending younger minds from the darker facet of the digital world and wished the Karnataka authorities success in implementing the thought.