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Social Media is an increasing concern in today’s world. With increased influencers, brand deals, and dopamine kicks, social media proves to be a hazard to teenagers’ health. The Indian Parliamentary panel has been struggling to find a solution to this issue. In a recent turn of events on May 6th, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology wrote to the Ministry of Electronics and IT and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. After the Pahalgam terror attack, a parliamentary panel has asked the government to furnish details on the action it plans to take against social media platforms and influencers who seem to be working against the interest of the country, which is likely to incite violence.” The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology wrote to the secretary, Ministry of Electronics and IT, and the secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, seeking these details. The office memorandum from the panel, say sources, requested the ministries for details of ‘contemplated action taken to ban such platforms under IT Act 2000 and Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021’. The sources said that the panel has sought this information by May 8, 2025. BJP MP Mr. Nishkant Dubey headed to the parliament’s Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology. There have been as many as 26 people who were killed in the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, and there has been a rise in cross-border hostility between India and Pakistan after the incident. X handles of several Pakistani political leaders, including Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, Minister Abdullah Tarar, former Prime Minister Imran Khan, and former minister Bilawal Bhutto, have been withheld in India as tensions between the two nations remain high. Several FIRs were filed against social media users over their comments about the Pahalgam terrorist attack. Security agencies across the country remain on high alert as tensions escalate between the two nations following the attack. Accusing Pakistan of fostering cross-border terrorism, India has announced a series of punitive measures, including cancelling visas for Pakistani nationals, closing the border and airspace, downsizing diplomatic missions, suspending trade, and putting the Indus Waters Treaty under review, among other steps. Keep Reading Foramz for more news