In a bid to stop misuse of Facebook and other social networking sites by children, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked Facebook not to permit children below the age of 13 years to access Facebook. The court asked the social networking site to upload a disclaimer in bold on its homepage that children below the age of 13 cannot use Facebook.
The order was passed by a division bench of acting Chief Justice BD Ahmed and Justice Vibhu Bakhru. "You (Facebook) can write on the home page in bold letters that children below 13 are not allowed. There is no harm in doing this...," court said.
Appearing on behalf of Facebook, Parag Tripathi assured the court Facebook "will upload the disclaimer on its home page that children below 13 years can not open the account".
The High Court bench also questioned the central government as to what law it had to stop misuse of social networking by children.
The high court judges asked the government to inform court about provisions in the law related to a minor using a social networking site.
"In India what is the law for a minor to use Facebook? Is it 13, 16, 18 or no law? What is the requirement under Indian law for Facebook?," the court asked from the central government's counsel.
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