Children Have a Fundamental Right to Internet Access, Blanket Bans Disproportionate: Supreme Court
The court said children have the same internet rights as adults and ordered the Centre to build stronger systems for detecting and removing abusive material.
- A Bench of Justices Pardiwala and Chandran ruled that children possess a fundamental right to internet access under the Constitution, declaring that denying this right is absurd.
- Blanket bans on internet access are ineffective; minors continue using the internet without parental knowledge and move to unregulated, unsafe websites, the Supreme Court observed.
- The Bench suggested a "child mode" for social media platforms with greater emphasis on parental consent and oversight to ensure child safety proportionate to the object.
- Stringent restrictions may defeat the object of the POCSO Act, as an atmosphere of hostility makes children reluctant to confide in trusted adults about online abuse.
- Intelligent restraints remain the need of the day for online safety, requiring coordinated efforts from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and other stakeholders.
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