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India’s proposed social media ban for under-18s wins parents’ backing

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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. South China Morning Post Asia is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to India. The first report grouped here was at 16 Oct 2026, 10:00 UTC. The headline in use is “India’s proposed social media ban for under-18s wins parents’ backing”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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Digangana Mukherjee, a mother of a six-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy, has banned television at her home in the Indian city of Mysore because she does not want her children to become addicted to watching content on screen. A year ago, when her son’s school started using a smart…
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India’s proposed social media ban for under-18s wins parents’ backing
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