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The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked Facebook and
other social networking sites how Indian children could be prevented
from knowingly or unknowingly getting exploited by adults online.
A division bench of Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Vibhu Bakhru said
that in the US the rights of the children were protected by Children's
Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) but what about the children in
India?
"Like the American children are protected how do you protect Indian
children?" asked the bench from counsel appearing for Facebook.
"What will the Facebook do if a child is exploited online? Like
American children, how do you protect the rights of Indian children," it
added.
"What we are worried about is children who have been part of the
social network and some adults misleading them and taking advantage. We
are also concern about the use of their data by the adults for their
advantage," the court said.
It directed social networking sites Facebook Inc and Google Inc to
submit suggestions with regard to safety measures on the online usage of
sites by children/minors in India within four weeks and posted the
matter for July 16.
"The counsel for Facebook Inc and Google Inc will file suggestions
regarding the online media sites used by the minors in India and how
their rights could be protected within four weeks," the bench said.
The court was hearing a plea that children below 18 years were
allowed to open an account with social networking sites including
Facebook which was illegal as Indian laws didn't permit it.
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