Complying with SC’s Pocso ruling may be hard for social media firmsThe SC judgment mandates intermediaries to report child sexual abuse material (CSAM) to local authorities under the Protection of Children ...
15 Oct, 2024, 06.00 AM IST
NCPCR asks social media platforms to explore ways to protect children onlineThe National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) met with major social media platforms to discuss child safety online. They e...
22 Sep, 2024, 07.29 PM IST
India launches online 'Suspect Registry' to combat cyber crime: 1.4 mn criminals identifiedUnion home minister Amit Shah launched an online 'suspect registry' containing data of 1.4 million cyber criminals involved in financial fr...
11 Sep, 2024, 11.50 PM IST
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...
02 May, 2024, 08.37 PM IST
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...
12 Jan, 2024, 10.43 AM IST
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 ...
23 Nov, 2023, 06.33 PM IST
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...
16 Oct, 2023, 07.39 PM IST
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...
16 Oct, 2023, 07.36 PM IST
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 ...
14 Oct, 2023, 06.00 AM IST
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...
07 Oct, 2023, 09.14 PM IST
Telegram bans 2,114 groups, channels related to child abuseThe instant messaging platform is one of three entities to which the government on Friday issued notices to remove child sexual abuse mater...
07 Oct, 2023, 08.40 PM IST
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...
07 Oct, 2023, 03.41 PM IST
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...
07 Oct, 2023, 11.08 AM IST
More than 3,500 people arrested in over 14,000 cybercrime complaints in 2021The number of complaints reported under the online financial fraud category of the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal from January 2021 ...
07 Dec, 2022, 05.46 PM IST
Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance to infuse £50m to restart UK steel operationsGupta, founder chairman of the $20-billion revenue GFG Alliance, was fighting his biggest battle to save his metals-to-energy conglomerate ...
11 Oct, 2021, 09.54 AM IST
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...
29 Sep, 2020, 09.54 AM IST
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...
14 Jul, 2017, 08.40 PM IST