IndiaToday investigation shows Tamil-language accounts spreading pedophilia on X
1 month, 2 weeks ago

IndiaToday investigation shows Tamil-language accounts spreading pedophilia on X

India Today  

The X app has become a disturbing platform for pedophilic content, with several Tamil-language accounts sharing and commenting on images of minor girls. One user, @EnthuPattanee, urged others to report the accounts immediately, writing, “STOP EVERYTHING YOU ARE DOING AND REPORT THIS ACCOUNT.” Though some accounts have been deactivated, the digital anonymity provided by social media platforms continues to make it difficult to fully curb such exploitation. An IndiaToday investigation revealed that multiple accounts were actively spreading pedophilia content, including the sharing of images of minor girls with vulgar and sexually explicit messages. @yanni_lovely commented, “Is that a kid?” to which @cnp359572754 replied, “yes.” Another account, @Zoomolaxxx, also posted sexually vulgar comments on a picture of a minor girl, though some of the offending accounts have since been deactivated after being reported by concerned users.

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Chennai Cyber Crime team arrests Telangana man for circulating child pornography
1 month ago

Chennai Cyber Crime team arrests Telangana man for circulating child pornography

India Today  

The Chennai Cyber Crime team arrested a resident of Telangana, Vanga Raghunath Reddy, for his involvement in the circulation of child pornography. The arrest comes after a thorough investigation by the West Zone Cyber Crime team, which was alerted to the illegal distribution of explicit material. Following his arrest, Reddy was brought to Chennai, where the Cyber Crime team took …

Need stricter laws to curb ‘vulgar content’ on OTT, says Ashwini Vaishnaw
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Need stricter laws to curb ‘vulgar content’ on OTT, says Ashwini Vaishnaw

Hindustan Times  

Stronger laws are required to deal with obscenity in social media, Union minister of information and broadcasting and electronics and information technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw, said in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, especially since they lack the editorial checks of traditional media. Vaishnaw was responding to first time BJP MP Arun Govil’s question on whether a mechanism existed to check “telecast …

Doesn't match our culture: Minister for laws to curb social media vulgar content
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Doesn't match our culture: Minister for laws to curb social media vulgar content

India Today  

Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday called for laws to curb objectionable content on social media and hoped that the Opposition would have a discussion on the same. The government has urged social media platforms to be more proactive in content moderation, especially when it comes to harmful or illegal content. It said that social media companies …

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 …

Probe into adult content on Telugu newspaper's website
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Probe into adult content on Telugu newspaper's website

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Cybercrime police have launched an investigation following a complaint filed by the manager of a prominent Telugu newspaper alleging that unknown entities have illicitly introduced gambling and pornographic content onto the newspaper’s website. According to the complainant, this malicious act is a deliberate attempt to tarnish the media organisation’s reputation. The complaint stated that it is a serious breach …

Conservative foundation demands ban on Netflix, social media platform ‘X’ for broadcasting sexually explicit content
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Conservative foundation demands ban on Netflix, social media platform ‘X’ for broadcasting sexually explicit content

The Hindu  

The ‘Save Culture Save Bharat’ Foundation, headed by former Information Commissioner Uday Mahurkar on June 18 called for the immediate ban of both X and Netflix for broadcasting what he described as pornographic and sexually explicit content that the foundation says are “blatant unlawful acts threatening to tear apart India’s character and cultural heritage.” The foundation compiled a dossier of …

X banned almost 180,000 Indian accounts recently: Know-why?
7 months, 4 weeks ago

X banned almost 180,000 Indian accounts recently: Know-why?

India TV News  

X has recently banned around 1.8 lakh Indian accounts which were sounding alarmed. Over the past few months, the platform has taken stringent action against more than 180,000 Indian accounts which were involved in suspicious activity. Impact of IT Rules 2021 Under the new IT Rules 2021, X released monthly reports on account bans and user complaints. Understanding rules and …

Gay, teenaged and online: LGBTQ+ Indians fight for safe space
11 months, 1 week ago

Gay, teenaged and online: LGBTQ+ Indians fight for safe space

The Hindu  

The suicide of a 16-year-old Indian boy who hit a wall of online abuse after posting selfies in saris and makeup has galavanised calls for social media giants to better protect LGBTQ+ Indians. "In India, the online abuse faced by LGBTQ+ creators, predominantly on Instagram, is pervasive and includes death threats, hate speech, rape threats, bullying and other forms of …

YouTube, X and Telegram receive notices on child sexual abuse material
1 year, 3 months ago

YouTube, X and Telegram receive notices on child sexual abuse material

The Hindu  

YouTube, Telegram and X have been told to proactively filter child sexual abuse material out “on the Indian Internet”, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said on Friday. In a statement, a YouTube spokesperson said: “We have a zero-tolerance policy on child sexual abuse material. The Stanford Internet Observatory said in a report in June that it ran PhotoDNA, …

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 …

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 …

OPINION | Why IT Act needs to be changed?
3 years, 1 month ago

OPINION | Why IT Act needs to be changed?

India TV News  

Today I want to talk about an issue which most of us face in our daily life. Millions of Indians are active on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and WhatsApp, and almost every day one finds trolls abusing, defaming and threatening others, using fake information, images and videos. Since common people, public figures and celebrities face abuses, threats …

Delhi Police seeks details of handles that shared porn content on Twitter
3 years, 6 months ago

Delhi Police seeks details of handles that shared porn content on Twitter

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: A day after a first information report was registered over child sexual abuse and pornographic content on Twitter, the Delhi Police wrote to the micro-blogging site seeking details of the handles that uploaded or shared such material, officials privy to the development said on Wednesday. In a statement on Tuesday, a spokesperson for Twitter said the micro-blogging site …

Now, Twitter Under Fire for Pornographic Content Targeting Women
3 years, 6 months ago

Now, Twitter Under Fire for Pornographic Content Targeting Women

News 18  

A day after it courted legal trouble for allegedly allowing access to child pornography on its platform, Twitter has been directed by the National Commission for Women to act against pornographic content targeting women. Taking suo motu cognisance of several profiles on Twitter sharing pornographic content, NCW Chairperson Rekha Sharma wrote Twitter India’s Managing Director to ‘immediately remove all such …

Delhi: Gym Trainer Arrested For ‘Stalking, Harassing’ Girls & Women Online
3 years, 6 months ago

Delhi: Gym Trainer Arrested For ‘Stalking, Harassing’ Girls & Women Online

ABP News  

New Delhi: Delhi Police have arrested a man for stalking and harassing over hundred women online through fake accounts created on social media account. The accused Vikas Kumar created fake accounts in the name of girls on social media and then with its help used to send obscene videos and messages to women and girls after making friends with them. …

Why woman's obscene videos not removed, Telangana HC asks Google
3 years, 9 months ago

Why woman's obscene videos not removed, Telangana HC asks Google

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Monday questioned Google and other social media platforms for their delay in removing obscene videos and photos of a married woman belonging to Hyderabad, who is now settled in Australia with her children. Justice K. Lakshman of the Telangana High Court asked the Cyberabad cybercrime police what steps they had taken in this regard, …

India unveils tougher rules for social media such as Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp
3 years, 10 months ago

India unveils tougher rules for social media such as Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp

ABC  

Social media companies including Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp would be forced to reveal the author of any message deemed "mischievous" or illegal, under sweeping new rules announced in India. Key points: The Indian government says the laws would help prevent violence, which is often fuelled by misinformation shared online Digital rights activists say the proposed rules are vaguely defined and …

Kerala: 41, including IT professionals, arrested for creating, sharing child porn over WhatsApp, Telegram
4 years, 3 months ago

Kerala: 41, including IT professionals, arrested for creating, sharing child porn over WhatsApp, Telegram

India Today  

Forty-one people have been arrested for circulating child pornography videos and photos online in Kerala amid the lockdown. The accused would exploit children by creating pornographic photos and videos using online platforms like Darknet. ACCUSED INCLUDE IT PROFESSIONALS, WOULD USE WHATSAPP TO SHARE CHILD PORN According to the Kerala Police, those arrested include youth working in good professional jobs and …

Hackers May Try To Hijack Famous Indian Profiles, Here's What Maharashtra Cyber Advices You Do
4 years, 5 months ago

Hackers May Try To Hijack Famous Indian Profiles, Here's What Maharashtra Cyber Advices You Do

ABP News  

We detected what we believe to be a coordinated social engineering attack by people who successfully targeted some of our employees with access to internal systems and tools. "It is possible that hackers could try to gain atoms to prominent Indian twitter profiles in a similar fashion," the statement read. The agency has expressed the possibility of such a coordinated …

Coronavirus Outbreak: India asks TikTok, Facebook to remove users spreading misinformation
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak: India asks TikTok, Facebook to remove users spreading misinformation

Firstpost  

A pattern of targeted disinformation on TikTok and Facebook was recently reported by a digital analytics firm in Delhi. Indian government has told Facebook and Chinese video app TikTok to remove users found to be spreading misinformation about the coronavirus following concern about videos intended to mislead Muslims, according to a government source and a letter seen by Reuters. The …

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 …

Opinion | Do not let online trolls menace our public life
4 years, 11 months ago

Opinion | Do not let online trolls menace our public life

Live Mint  

Every seventh tweet directed at a woman politician in the country is either “problematic” or “abusive”, a study by Amnesty International India has found. The human rights advocacy group’s report, titled Troll Patrol India: Exposing Online Abuse Faced by Women Politicians in India, also found every fifth such message to be misogynistic. Regressive elements of the Indian patriarchy have always …

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 …

Kerala: Man held for 'sexually exploiting' over 50 women
5 years, 7 months ago

Kerala: Man held for 'sexually exploiting' over 50 women

India TV News  

A 25-year-old man has been arrested in Kerala for allegedly sexually exploiting over 50 women, he had befriended over social media, by blackmailing them with their morphed obscene photos, police said Saturday. Explaining his 'modus operandi,' police said Kumar used to target women over social media and got their phone numbers. He then allegedly blackmailed the women with their morphed …

WhatsApp groups in India found sharing child pornography in an investigation
6 years ago

WhatsApp groups in India found sharing child pornography in an investigation

Firstpost  

We already know that child pornography was found to be spreading across WhatsApp chat groups globally, however, an investigation has now found details specific to India. Last month, a group of Israeli researchers from two NGOs had found dozens of active WhatsApp groups where the members were frequently sharing messages containing images or videos with sexual abuse of children. One …

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