India is entering a digital age faster than our children are being prepared for it.

Today, children are not only exposed to online harm — their vulnerability is being monetized. Across social media platforms and websites, child sexual content and non-consensual private material are being sold, promoted, sponsored, and circulated for profit. This happens quietly, often escaping public attention, while platforms benefit from traffic and engagement.

At the same time, artificial intelligence tools have made it easier than ever to create fake or manipulated sexual images. A single photo can be altered. A private video can be misused. For a child, especially in Indian households where conversations about sexuality, shame, and mental health are still difficult, this becomes a trap with no safe exit.

I have seen how this leads to blackmail, social isolation, severe mental depression, and in heartbreaking cases, suicide among children and teenagers. These are not rare or distant incidents. They are happening in schools, hostels, and homes that appear educated and stable from the outside.

This campaign does not come from ideology or political rivalry. It comes from a simple concern: we are giving children powerful technology without giving them protection, education, or legal safeguards.

In many developed countries, social media access is age-restricted, digital safety is taught early, and platforms are held accountable when abuse occurs. In India, children are largely left alone to navigate these dangers, while illegal content continues to circulate and generate profit.

This petition calls for urgent action:

• This petition calls for age-appropriate limits on technology use, including a ban on social media access for children below 15 years of age, until basic digital communication, consent, and mental health awareness are taught.
• Mandatory digital communication and AI safety education in schools
• Strict legal action against accounts and platforms that sell, promote, or profit from child sexual or non-consensual content 
  
  This is not about banning technology. It is about responsibility.

Children deserve safety before exposure, education before access, and support before silence.

By signing this petition, you are asking our leaders to treat child digital safety, mental health, and dignity as a public responsibility—not a private tragedy.