A PIL filed in the Delhi High Court has challenged design features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, personalised feeds and persistent notifications on major social-media platforms. The petitioner argues that India’s current legal framework focuses mainly on content, while the architecture used to maximise engagement also deserves scrutiny.
The case could become significant if the court pushes regulators or expert bodies to distinguish between content moderation and product-design regulation. For UPSC, connect it to platform accountability, child and youth safety, mental-health concerns, intermediary regulation and the broader debate over how law should respond to algorithmic systems.