India discusses age restrictions with social media platforms
February 18, 2026 00:00:00
NEW DELHI, Feb 17 (AFP): India is discussing age-based restrictions with social media companies, following Australia's move to ban under-16s from popular platforms, IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Tuesday.
Australia in December enforced a ban that required TikTok, YouTube, Snapchat and a host of other top social media services to remove accounts held by young teens, or face heavy fines.
Vaishnaw also signalled tougher oversight of manipulated content online.
