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Children have fundamental right to access internet, blanket ban impermissible, says SC

The Supreme Court has held that children have a fundamental right to access and use the internet, ruling that a blanket ban on their internet use would be disproportionate. It also directed the Centre to establish a national database to identify and facilitate the removal of sexually explicit content depicting minors from digital platforms. A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran…

New Indian Express 17/10/2026, 1:51:22 pm IST

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13:51 New Indian Express Children have fundamental right to access internet, blanket ban impermissible, says SC
18:44 Economic Times 'Children have fundamental right to access internet'

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