According to a survey conducted on over 46,000 people across 296 districts in the country, about 61 per cent of urban Indian parents have reported that their child spends excessive time on social media and has shown signs of not only aggression but of impatience and hyperactivity, combined with lack of concentration.
Fearing long-term repercussions on the child exposed to unlimited social media, 73% of parents, mostly from urban areas and even from tier-3 cities, wanted the data protection law to ensure mandatory parental consent for children aged under 18 years to join social media, OTT, video and online gaming platforms.
The survey conducted by LocalCircles, India's leading community social media platform, found that the addiction started.
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