印度最高法院表示，儿童与其他所有人一样，拥有访问和使用互联网的基本权利。
India’s top court has said children, like all other individuals, have a fundamental right to access and use the internet.
“我们毫不犹豫地说，根据宪法第21条结合第19条(1)(a)款，访问和使用互联网的权利是每个人的基本权利，”最高法院由贾姆谢德·布尔乔尔·帕迪瓦拉法官和维诺德·K·钱德兰法官组成的合议庭在裁决中表示。
“We have no hesitation in saying that the right to access and use the internet is a fundamental right of every individual under Article 21 read with Article 19(1)(a) of the constitution,” a Supreme Court bench of Justices Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala and Vinod K. Chandran said in an order.
最高法院指出，“儿童无论年龄大小，都享有同等权利”，并补充说，“完全否认这一权利就像说某个年龄以下的儿童没有值得保护的良知或值得表达的言论自由一样荒谬。”“我们儿童的安全与自由并不相互冲突。他们有权同时拥有这两者，”裁决书称。
The Supreme Court stated that “children, irrespective of their age, enjoy the same rights,” adding that, “deny the same altogether would be as absurd as saying children below a certain age do not have a conscience worth protecting or a freedom of speech worth expressing.”“The safety of our children and their freedom are not at odds with each other. Our children are entitled to both,” the order said.
法院正在审理一家非政府组织提交的诉状，该组织指控中介机构在应对网络儿童性剥削和虐待材料（CSEAM）方面存在“严重失误”。
The court was hearing a plea filed by a nongovernmental organization alleging “serious lapses” by intermediaries in tackling child sexual exploitation and abuse material (CSEAM) online.
最高法院还要求政府提供中介机构用于检测和删除CSEAM的工具和技术措施的详细信息。
The top court also sought details from the government about the tools and technological measures that intermediaries have put in place to detect and remove CSEAM.
在其多项指令中，法院命令联邦政府建立一个仅用于检测和删除CSEAM的“国家哈希和URL列表”数据库。
Among its several directions, the court ordered the federal government to create a “national hash and URL list” database solely to detect and remove CSEAM.
“数字安全和适龄性教育必须成为核心课程的一部分，”法院表示。
“Digital safety and age-appropriate sex education must form a part of the core curriculum,” it said.
印度最高法院的裁决恰逢一些国家禁止或限制儿童访问社交媒体平台之时。
The Indian court’s order comes as some countries have banned or restricted children’s access to social media platforms.
印度首席经济顾问今年提出基于年龄的数字平台访问政策，称“年轻用户更容易受到强迫性使用和有害内容的影响”。近年来，南亚国家印度的数字足迹正在快速扩张。根据在线统计门户Statista的数据，截至去年10月，印度拥有全球最大的Facebook受众，用户超过4.03亿。该报告还称，印度拥有全球最大的YouTube受众。
India's chief economic advisor proposed age-based policies on access to digital platforms this year, saying that “younger users are more vulnerable to compulsive use and harmful content.”The South Asian nation has been rapidly expanding its digital footprint in recent years. According to the online statistics portal Statista, as of last October, India had the largest Facebook audience worldwide, with more than 403 million users. It said India also has the largest YouTube audience.