Report: India’s laws address harmful content, but do not mitigate design features harmful to children

India’s existing laws address harmful online content and child sexual exploitation, but do not establish a comprehensive framework to mitigate risks arising from platform design, including recommendation systems and engagement-driven features, according to a report by NALSAR University of Law and the Indian Governance and Policy Project (IGAP). The report, ‘The Child Safety Imperative: Age-Appropriate Digital Governance Pathways for India’, examines gaps in India’s lega