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BJP MP bills seek age checks for kids, curb AI deepfakes
Two private member's bills by BJP MP Baijayant Panda, scheduled for introduction in Parliament on Friday, could not be taken up due to repeated adjournments. The SHIELD Bill, 2025, would bar children…
The Story in Brief
Two private member's bills by BJP MP Baijayant Panda, scheduled for introduction in Parliament on Friday, could not be taken up due to repeated adjournments. The SHIELD Bill, 2025, would bar children under 13 from social media and gaming accounts without verified parental consent, require age-verification systems, and ban platforms from tracking, profiling, or targeting minors with personalised ads. Violations could attract penalties up to Rs 10 crore. The second bill targets AI deepfakes, proposing a 24-hour takedown deadline for non-consensual imitations and up to three years' jail or Rs 10 lakh fine for malicious use.
The Indian Opinion
The SHIELD and deepfake bills make for good headlines but are only private member's bills, a route that has yielded only a dozen laws since Independence. Critics on the right may call it government overreach, while the left might dismiss them as election-year posturing. The real test is whether MeitY adopts these ideas into official policy. If the government does not bring its own version, these remain moral gestures, not law.
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