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Andhra Pradesh to ban social media for under-16s like Australia? Minister Nara Lokesh says, 'I believe we need to...'
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Nara Lokesh stated that youngsters below a certain age should be kept away from using such platforms as they do not fully comprehend the content they are reading or watching.
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