Indian States Consider Requiring ID For Social Media

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

The movement has begun in the states of Goa and Andhra Pradesh, who have stated that they are studying Australia's 2024 "Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act" and considering implementing something similar in their own regions.

Australia's ban came into effect in December. The full effects are still yet to be seen. Meta shut down over half a million Australian teenagers' accounts already, but for some reason platforms like Discord and Roblox are exempt from the law.

Since 2024, numerous other countries like Denmark, France, Spain, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the US have considered a similar law to various extents.

TechCrunch notes that laws regulating the internet in India are run at the federal level, meaning that Goa and Andhra Pradesh likely cannot institute such changes unilaterally, but one expert suggested they could still attempt to get support from the central government.