Age Gating Rules News Today

​​Not just social media platforms, but all companies will need to have age verification mechanisms, otherwise, theres no way to record the verifiable consent of users, experts told ET. The mandate will be high cost and time consuming, which is worrying all firms, they added.

Data Law: Technology, and telecommunication lawyers who are being approached for guidance on the implementation of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, have told companies to read the finer details and realise that the age-gating clause in the DPDPA is not just for social media companies and education technology platforms, a chunk of whose consumer base, are children. It will be applicable to others too who have to make sure their customers are not minors.