Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the latest Assembly Sessions, mentioned to Ban the social media use for Children under age of 16. He also mentioned the harmful effects of using mobile and revealed the reason behind this decision to protect and prevent the harmful effects and children growth in future.
Not Karnataka stands the first place to ban the social media for under 16 kids, earlier, Australia has also announced to Ban. Adding to it, IT Minister Priyank Kharge revealed Finland and UK countries are also working on the same to ban the social media for Under 16 Children.
States in America Also..
As, the social media consists both Benefits and Harmful effects., many studies and researches revealed that the mental health of children is damaged due to viewing indecent content and being harassed on those platforms.
Inspired by Australia, who took the serious action on this issue, In December last year, Australia implemented a law banning social media for children under 16. Before Australia.. many states in America are regulating it through local laws. Australia is implementing the decision to keep social media away from children.
Inspired by America, the European Union is considering the issue. Some other countries are considering this issue.
The main reasons include..
Mental health: To prevent problems like cyberbullying, insomnia and depression that are increasing in children due to social media.
In the footsteps of countries around the world: Australia has already brought a strict law banning social media for children under 16. Now Karnataka is also following the same path.
Implementation challenge: How will tech companies implement this ban? It has now become interesting to see what the 'Age Verification' methods for determining age will be.