Children under 18 will require parental consent for accessing social media

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Children under 18 will require parental consent for accessing social media
The DPDP Act defines a child as someone below the age of 18, and mandates that parental consent is required to process the data of a child.

Children on social media, breach notifications and more: The draft Data Protection Rules 2025

MeitY uses 'she/her' pronouns for genders in draft DPDP Rules 2025
In the draft rules, the pronoun 'she' has been used 24 times, and 'her' (including 'herself') around 70 times.