India, May 30 -- Blocking children from social media is no substitute for making platforms safe in the first place, the UN human rights office warned Friday, as it issued a 10-point framework urging governments and tech companies to go further and faster to protect children online.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said the harms children face in digital spaces - from addictive design features to privacy violations - were not inevitable, but the result of deliberate commercial choices.

"Online harms to kids' safety, privacy and wellbeing result from design choices and business practices that undermine safety, including addictive design features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, and persistent notifications," he said.

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