Child Pornography In India During The Lockdown: Are Our Children Safe?
4 years, 6 months ago

Child Pornography In India During The Lockdown: Are Our Children Safe?

Live Law  

During the global pandemic hour and countries being in lockdown, people including both children and adults are spending more time online and excessively using the internet. Resultantly, causing increase in production and distribution of child sexual abuse material due to excessive use by perpetrators, adversely targeting children using the internet. They may be prone to various online child sex abuse criminal acts by online sexual predators, such as cyber-trafficking, grooming, sextortion, sexting and live streaming of child sexual abuse. Online sexual predators may also record and store the child sexual abuse material to further distribute it. The ICPF has reported that increased demand for online child sexual abuse material is making children more vulnerable to online sexual predators.

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Transforming Communities through CSR: Join Arpan's Mission for Child Safety
3 weeks ago

Transforming Communities through CSR: Join Arpan's Mission for Child Safety

India Today  

An alarming 50% of children in India have experienced sexual abuse, and 182 cases are reported daily. With Child Sexual Abuse continuing to be a critical issue across India, Arpan, the nation’s largest NGO focused on CSA prevention, launched a groundbreaking ProtectedByPOCSO campaign during Child Safety Week in November. Driving Impact through Scale and Reach The ProtectedByPOCSO campaign, named after …

Does India Need Inspiration From the EU’s Proposed Regulation to Combat CSAM?
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Does India Need Inspiration From the EU’s Proposed Regulation to Combat CSAM?

The Quint  

Countries around the world, including India, face increasing pressure to address and control online child sexual abuse. The scope of the problem is broad, involving various forms of exploitation and abuse, including the production and distribution of child sexual abuse material, online grooming, and live-streaming abuse. In 2022, the National Centre for Missing & Exploited Children received more than 31 …

Storage or watching child pornography offence under POCSO Act, IT law: SC
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Storage or watching child pornography offence under POCSO Act, IT law: SC

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday in a major ruling held that the watching and even mere storage of child pornographic material is an offence under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. While setting aside the Madras HC order which held that merely downloading and or watching child pornography on one's electronic device did not constitute an …

Behind Closed Doors | Justice for India's Child Sexual Abuse Victims
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Behind Closed Doors | Justice for India's Child Sexual Abuse Victims

The Quint  

Institutional framework: There is a need for a core institutional framework to ensure access to mental health support for the victims. There is an urgent and mandatory need for the appointment of support persons in every case of child sexual abuse. Every child marriage is child rape, and each of these children is a victim of child sexual abuse. This …

Child sexual abuse research in India should move away from prevalence studies, focus on interventions that help: expert
11 months, 1 week ago

Child sexual abuse research in India should move away from prevalence studies, focus on interventions that help: expert

The Hindu  

While one in six boys worldwide experience sexual abuse during childhood, their experiences are under-researched and under-addressed. There’s a robust and long-standing research literature on sexual abuse of girls and women, but it is only in the last 20 to 25 years that we have seriously started looking at male child sexual abuse and I’m talking globally, not in India. …

Courts can’t be lenient on downloading child abuse material
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Courts can’t be lenient on downloading child abuse material

Hindustan Times  

January 11, 2024, was a black letter day for the Madras high court when it held in Harish v. Inspector of Police that downloading and viewing child sexual abuse material or child pornography was not an offence. The Madras HC erroneously relied on a Kerala HC judgment under Section 292 of the Indian Penal Code of 1860 to exonerate the …

How safe is the online space for children in India? | In Focus podcast
1 year, 1 month ago

How safe is the online space for children in India? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

The National Human Rights Commission released a set of guidelines last month for the Central and State governments to tackle the problem of Child Sexual Abuse Material or CSAM on the internet. The NHRC says, that according to the Cyber Tipline 2022 statistics, of the 32 million reports received about child sexual abuse material, 5.6 million reports were uploaded by …

Did India’s porn ban reduce traffic to popular adult sites like Pornhub?
1 year, 4 months ago

Did India’s porn ban reduce traffic to popular adult sites like Pornhub?

The Hindu  

September 03, 2023 08:33 am | Updated 08:42 am IST The regulation of pornography in India confuses not just its viewers but also researchers, digital rights advocates, policymakers, campaigners, and the Indian internet service providers responsible for controlling access to such platforms with explicit content. Pornhub vs India’s porn bans Recording more than 36 billion visits every year, the adult …

Madhya Pradesh: Eight booked in connection with uploading child pornography content on social media in Indore
1 year, 5 months ago

Madhya Pradesh: Eight booked in connection with uploading child pornography content on social media in Indore

India TV News  

Indore crime news: At least eight persons were booked in connection with allegedly uploading child pornography content over various social media platforms in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore district, a police official said today. Speaking on the issue, Deputy Commissioner of Police Aditya Mishra told media, “An organisation named National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which works on child sex abuse …

Lack of awareness about abuses a key driver of rising cybercrimes involving children
1 year, 8 months ago

Lack of awareness about abuses a key driver of rising cybercrimes involving children

The Hindu  

Lack of uniformity in cybersecurity-enabled devices, absence of actionable parental concern, and lack of awareness among children about cyberabuses are key drivers of rising cybercrimes involving children in India, cautioned Shamini Murugesh, Chief Mentor, WNS Cares Foundation and Creator of CyberSmart, a free-for-all, gamified portal for children, that teaches ways to stay safe online in a fun way. Cyberstalking, cyberbullying, …

Child Sexual Abuse: Role of Caretaker in Reaching Out for Help, What the Law Says About Protection in India
2 years, 3 months ago

Child Sexual Abuse: Role of Caretaker in Reaching Out for Help, What the Law Says About Protection in India

News 18  

India has a large population of children, in fact one of the largest in the world whose rights and protection are guaranteed in the Constitution and with the country being a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Laws such as the POCSO Act exclusively deal with child sexual abuse, while the highly controversial and debated …

A lost generation: The grim reality of child labour and exploitation in India
2 years, 6 months ago

A lost generation: The grim reality of child labour and exploitation in India

Hindustan Times  

Six months ago, state authorities pulled out a group of children, teens and young adults from a bus, heading from a small village near Assam’s Baksa District to Gujarat. The commercial sexual exploitation of children is among the worst forms of child labour and in India, there are around 1.2 million children involved in prostitution. The convergence of factors related …

From COVID-19 pandemic to culture of silence, why India is failing to protect children from online sexual abuse
3 years, 1 month ago

From COVID-19 pandemic to culture of silence, why India is failing to protect children from online sexual abuse

Firstpost  

To create safe digital spaces for our children and adolescents, policymakers, law enforcement agencies, civil society organizations, communities, the private sector, and experts need to come together The past decade has witnessed notable growth in internet usage in not only India but also the world at large. Risky online behaviour, lack of parental guidance, the proliferation of cybercrime and inadequate …

COVID-19 pandemic fuelled rise in child sexual abuse online: report
3 years, 2 months ago

COVID-19 pandemic fuelled rise in child sexual abuse online: report

The Hindu  

The Global Threat Assessment report 2021, by WeProtect Global Alliance, launched on Tuesday, said COVID-19 had contributed to a significant spike in child sexual exploitation and abuse online. WeProtect Global Alliance is a global movement of more than 200 governments, private sector companies and civil society organisations working together to transform the global response to child sexual exploitation and abuse …

India recorded over 350 crimes against children each day in 2020, shows CRY's analysis of NCRB data
3 years, 3 months ago

India recorded over 350 crimes against children each day in 2020, shows CRY's analysis of NCRB data

Firstpost  

Child marriage has increased 50 percent and online abuse has increased 400 percent in one year, CRY said. Further analysis suggests that crimes against children in India has increased steeply by 381 percent in the last decade New Delhi: A total of 1,28,531 crimes against children were recorded in India last year, implying that an average of 350 such cases …

Why is porn such a big deal in India?
3 years, 4 months ago

Why is porn such a big deal in India?

Deccan Chronicle  

In India, while viewing sexually explicit material in private spaces is not illegal, Section 67 of the Information Technology Act makes it illegal for anyone to publish or transmit “obscene material” in electronic form. Pornography is not a simulation of real life events, just as a movie like Avengers isn’t and you cannot try to jump off buildings and shoot …

Raj Kundra Arrested: But What Does Indian Law Say About Porn?
3 years, 5 months ago

Raj Kundra Arrested: But What Does Indian Law Say About Porn?

The Quint  

On 20 July, a magistrate's court in Mumbai remanded Indian businessman Raj Kundra to three-day police custody in what is being touted as "pornography scandal case". Apart from general provisions on "sexually explicit" or "obscene materials", the IT Act and the Prevention of Child Sexual Offences Act also have specific provisions prohibiting child pornography. Section 67 and 67A of the …

Child Pornography: "Only 'Bharatiya Culture' Can Act As A Bulwark; Can Tackle Menace By Inculcating Right Values": Madras High Court
3 years, 6 months ago

Child Pornography: "Only 'Bharatiya Culture' Can Act As A Bulwark; Can Tackle Menace By Inculcating Right Values": Madras High Court

Live Law  

While granting anticipatory bail to a man who was arrested for sharing child pornographic content, the Madras High Court recently observed that the menace of child pornography can be tackled only if all of us inculcate the right values. Further, noting that Section 43 of POCSO Act, 2012 mandates the Central and State Governments to take measures to spread public …

Menace of child pornography can be tackled only with moral education, says Madras HC
3 years, 6 months ago

Menace of child pornography can be tackled only with moral education, says Madras HC

The Hindu  

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court, while granting anticipatory bail to a youth who apprehended arrest for sharing child pornographic content, has observed that the menace of child pornography can be tackled only if all inculcate the right values. Swaminathan observed that Section 43 of the POCSO Act, 2012, says the Central and the State governments must take …

Expanding the scope of POCSO
3 years, 7 months ago

Expanding the scope of POCSO

The Hindu  

Over the last nine years, India has sought to “protect children from offences of sexual assault, sexual harassment and pornography” through the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. With growing international jurisprudence around these issues, and in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, India must revise its legal and procedural methods to deal with …

41 Kerala techies held for sharing child porn, trafficking after statewide raids
4 years ago

41 Kerala techies held for sharing child porn, trafficking after statewide raids

India Today  

In a crackdown on child pornography, 41 people, including working youths working in the IT industry, were arrested on Monday in Kerala for allegedly sharing sexually explicit pictures and videos of children in 6-15 age group. Some of the youth were suspected to be involved in trafficking of children, police said, adding the arrests were made during raids conducted at …

Sexual Violence Against Children And Gender Disparity In The Law
4 years, 6 months ago

Sexual Violence Against Children And Gender Disparity In The Law

Live Law  

The protection of children from sexual violence is a fundamental responsibility of every state. Section 377 of the IPC - This was the only provision of law prohibiting sexual violence against male children, prior to the enactment of the POCSO Act. The prison terms awardable in addition to fines for such offences can be seen in the following table- Offence …

Demand for child porn has risen during lockdown: study
4 years, 8 months ago

Demand for child porn has risen during lockdown: study

India Today  

The Indian Child Protection Fund on Monday said the demand for child pornographic material has been rising during the lockdown period. The ICPF reported that since the lockdown, online data monitoring websites are showing an increase in demand for searches like child porn, sexy child and teen sex videos. ICPF has warned that this indicates that millions of paedophiles, child …

Pornography gets a pandemic boost, India reports 95 per cent rise in viewing
4 years, 8 months ago

Pornography gets a pandemic boost, India reports 95 per cent rise in viewing

India Today  

Indians seem to be leading the world in porn consumption, reporting a 95 per cent spike in traffic to adult sites during the three-week lockdown. Data show the country, the fastest-growing smartphone market, registered a 20 per cent jump in consuming porn content even before the official restrictions kicked in late March. Pornhub statistics show an immediate jump of 40 …

Delhi uploaded maximum child pornography material on internet in 5 months; over 25,000 cases reported
4 years, 11 months ago

Delhi uploaded maximum child pornography material on internet in 5 months; over 25,000 cases reported

India TV News  

Reports submitted by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in the US have revealed shocking facts in connection with child pornography material on the internet in India. According to the said reports submitted to the National Crime Records Bureau, more than 25,000 cases of suspected child pornography material have been put across various social media platforms in the …

RS panel calls for making monitoring apps mandatory on all devices to contain child pornography, demands amendment of POCSO and IT Acts
4 years, 11 months ago

RS panel calls for making monitoring apps mandatory on all devices to contain child pornography, demands amendment of POCSO and IT Acts

Firstpost  

New Delhi: To prevent sexual abuse of children and contain access to and transmission of child pornographic content on social media, a Rajya Sabha panel has made 40 recommendations, including making monitoring apps mandatory on all devices and amending the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and the Information Technology Act. Expressing concern over the seriousness of the prevalence …

India witnessed four-fold increase in child rapes between 1994 and 2016, claims report
5 years, 6 months ago

India witnessed four-fold increase in child rapes between 1994 and 2016, claims report

Firstpost  

Titled ‘Child Rights in India - An Unfinished Agenda’, the report talks about a number of issues including, malnutrition, crime against children and education. New Delhi: India has registered a four-fold increase in the number of rapes against children between 1994 and 2016, according to a new report by an alliance of six child-focused organisations. The child rights report has …

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