Growing calls in India to restrict children's social media use
created: Feb. 5, 2026, 12:50 a.m. | updated: Feb. 6, 2026, 9:02 a.m.
Priyank Kharge, the IT minister of Karnataka - home to Bengaluru city which is known as India's Silicon Valley - told the state assembly that the government was discussing responsible use of artificial intelligence and social media, and referred to a "digital detox" programme involving around 300,000 students and 100,000 teachers that the government launched in partnership with Meta.
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