The Karnataka High Court has expressed its deep concerns about the widespread use of social media among youngsters, particularly schoolchildren. The Karnataka High Court suggested that it might be in the nation’s best interest to restrict access to social media platforms for this demographic. The idea is to potentially set a threshold age of either 21 or 18, aligning with the age when individuals gain the right to vote.
The observations came from the division bench of the High Court, comprised of Justices G Narendar and Vijayakumar A Patil, during the hearing of a writ appeal filed by X Corp, formerly known as Twitter Inc.
The Hon’ble Court observed that in recent times, school-going children have become so engrossed in social media that imposing restrictions on them might benefit the nation.
“Ban social media. I will tell you a lot of good will come. Today’s school going children are so addicted to it. I think there should be an age limit such as in excise rules,” Justice Narendar said.
The court further observed that “children may be 17 or 18. But do they have the maturity to judge what is or is not in the interest of the nation? Not only on social media, even on the Internet things should be removed, it corrupts the mind. The government should consider bringing in an age limit for the use of social media”.
Borrowed from https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/how-to/why-court-wants-to-put-an-age-limit-on-using-social-media-in-india/articleshow/103801209.cms?from=mdr
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