Lowdown: Parliamentary panel recommends mandatory KYC for social media, dating, gaming apps and a new cybercrime law

A parliamentary panel recommends mandatory Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements for social media, dating, and gaming platforms, along with tougher platform accountability measures and new cybercrime laws. While framed as protecting women from online harms, this represents a significant expansion of surveillance infrastructure that would eliminate online anonymity and create extensive databases of digital identity verification across platforms.