Meta, Google may lock horns over age-gating, consent norms

Social media and internet giants Google and Meta are headed for a clash in India over the critical issue of age verification and consent management for young internet users below 18.

Meta is likely to propose to the Indian government that the best solution to implement age-gating and subsequent consent management architecture for the parents of users below 18 is an app-store-level check, vice president of global policy Joel Kaplan told ET. Age-gating is the process of restricting access to age-inappropriate content, services or products by online platforms.