Parents in favour of digital data protection rules

What The Draft Rules Envision Parents and guardians are empowered to ensure online safety for their children. Balance between innovation and regulation

- KAVITA BAJELI-DATT @New Delhi

NINE in 10 Indian parents favour the draft digital personal data protection rules (DPDP), 2025, which propose that online platforms, like social media, OTT, and online gaming, identify minor accounts with age misrepresentation by either seeking parental consent or shutting such 'fake' accounts, a nation-wide survey has found.

The survey also found that 58% of parents support using profile and content consumption information to determine accounts with age misrepresentation and use AI to identify age-misrepresented accounts of children.