Indian States Consider Requiring ID For Social Media

India may be the next country to jump on the "banning social media for minors" bandwagon.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/01/29/indian-states-consider-requiring-id-for-social-media

I kinda like what’s happening but absolutely not how its happening. I do want kids to not subject themselves to brain-rot content but actually read more. But I don’t want the government to be the purveyors of what should or should not be the case.

Parents should do their f-ing job.