WB police names Instagram as co-accused in FIR under POCSO ActWest Bengal police filed an FIR naming Instagram as a co-accused under POCSO and IT Act. The FIR was reviewed by ET. Section 12 of POCSO Ac...
Child rights panel summons YouTube India official over failure to curb indecent contentThe National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has summoned YouTube's head of public policy and government affairs, Mira Ch...
EU lawmakers back rules forcing Big Tech to tackle child pornographyThe draft rule on child sexual abuse material (CSAM), proposed by the European Commission last year, has been a bone of contention between ...
No child sexual abuse material detected on our platform: YouTube after govt noticeThe statement from YouTube spokesperson came after the government issued notices to social media platforms, including YouTube, X and Telegr...
Govt tells YouTube to crack down on 'fake news channels', asks for new policy guidlinesIn an office memorandum sent to social media intermediaries on Friday, the ministry of electronics and information technology has asked all...
Social media companies warned of strict action over child abuse contentThe electronics and information technology ministry had sent notices to these companies a week ago, asking them to remove all child sexual ...
Zero tolerance for sexual abuse content, committed to removing it: Telegram, YouTubeIn its response to the notice sent by the IT ministry, YouTube said it had removed over 94,000 channels and over 2.5 million videos for vio...
YouTube, Telegram respond to IT Ministry's notice on child sexual abuse materialGoogle-owned YouTube and encrypted messaging platform Telegram on Saturday responded to the IT Ministry's notice to remove any kind of chil...
Remove child sexual abuse material or face action: Centre issues notices to X, YouTube & TelegramThe Ministry also warned the three social media intermediaries that any delay in complying with the notices will result in the withdrawal o...
Social media companies get MeitY notices over child pornThe Ministry of Electronics and IT in India has issued notices to social media platforms including X, YouTube, and Telegram, warning them t...
Govt sends notice to X, YouTube, Telegram to remove child sexual abuse content from platformsIn the notice sent by the ministry of electronics and information technology, all these platforms have been warned that non-compliance with...
Op 'Megha Chakra': CBI conducts searches in 21 states/UT against child abuse materialAccording to available information, the Singapore unit got field inputs from New Zealand Police which, as per procedure, were transmitted t...
Massive CBI crackdown against circulation of child sex abuse material, 59 locations raided across countryThe raids, part of Operation 'Megha Chakra', were launched after the agency registered two cases under relevant provisions of the Informati...
Study says social groups still risky for childrenThe study between June and July 2020 found that as of early June, up to 110 out of a total of 182 WhatsApp group links that were shared wit...
Child pornography: Centre asks CBSE to put jammers in schoolsAs per information received from US-based National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, they are trying to establish their secure lin...
Government asks ISPs to prevent distribution of child pornographyThe Internet Watch Foundation maintains such a list of dynamically updated websites/URLs containing online Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSA...
MasterCard to expand development headcount in IndiaWhile the initial acquisitions give MasterCard a development base in the country, the Purchase, New York-based company intends to build fur...