Overview
- Speaking in Hyderabad at the Abhayam Masoom Summit, organized by Young Indians with CII and Bharat Rising, Sai Durga Tej urged open parent–child communication to counter online abuse.
- He called for stricter identity checks on social platforms, proposing links to parents’ phone numbers or Aadhaar, plus weekly digital detoxes and teaching children about good and bad touch.
- Tej said he publicly challenged a 2024 livestream remark about a young girl and followed the matter with Cyber Crime police after seeing little initial response.
- Telangana’s Cyber Security Bureau filed an FIR in July 2024 against YouTuber Praneeth Hanumantu, who was taken into custody under IT, BNS, POCSO and NDPS provisions before receiving bail in August.
- He noted the child referenced in the 2024 incident was four years old and later sent him a voice note thanking him for speaking out.