Child Pornography

2 Arrested For Buying, Selling, Circulating Child Porn On Social Media

India News | Reported by Mukesh Singh Sengar, Edited by Nandini Gupta | Sunday January 10, 2021

Two men have been arrested in Delhi for the alleged sale, purchase and circulation of child pornography through multiple social media platforms and using e-commerce applications for such transactions.

41 Arrested For Sharing Child Pornography: Kerala Police

Kerala News | Press Trust of India | Monday December 28, 2020

In continuing crackdown on child pornography, as many as 41 people, including youths, have been arrested in Kerala for allegedly sharing sexually explicit pictures and videos of children in 6-15 age group, police said on Monday.

UP-Based Engineer Arrested For Running Child Pornography Racket On Instagram

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday September 25, 2020

The CBI has busted an online child pornography racket being run on Instagram allegedly by a UP-based engineer, officials said on Friday.

Man, 48, Arrested For Uploading Child Pornography On Social Media

Cities | Press Trust of India | Sunday July 26, 2020

A 48-year old man has been arrested on charges of uploading child pornography video on social media, police said on Sunday.

Man, 28, Arrested For Uploading Child Pornography On Social Media

Bangalore News | Press Trust of India | Friday July 24, 2020

A 28-year-old man accused of uploading child pornography videos on Facebook was arrested in Bengaluru on Friday.

Delhi Company Probed By CBI Over Child Pornography

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday June 3, 2020

The CBI carried out searches at the premises of a private company based in Paschim Vihar area of West Delhi for allegedly hosting child pornography on websites on the servers based in Russia, Netherlands and India, officials said on Tuesday.

US Lawmakers Propose Internet Controls To Fight Child Porn

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday March 6, 2020

US lawmakers proposed legislation Thursday that could see internet companies held legally responsible for content on their platforms if they don't do enough to police child pornography.

Will Meet Internet Giants Over Child Porn Circulation: Centre To Supreme Court

India News | ANI | Tuesday February 11, 2020

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will hold a meeting with internet giants, social media platforms and other stakeholders on the issue of circulation of videos and images relating to child pornography and sexual offence, the Supreme Court was informed on Tuesday.

Centre Concerned Over Social Media Abuse For Fake News, Porn: Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday February 6, 2020

The government on Thursday expressed serious concern over "public platforms" like YouTube, Google, WhatsApp and others being abused for revenge porn, fake news and content designed to incite violence and cautioned that while the digital world cannot be caged, players have to be accountable and responsible.

Parliamentary Panel Wants Encryption Broken in Fight Against Child Porn

Reuters | Monday January 27, 2020

Enforcement agencies should be able to break end-to-end encryption to hunt down distributors of child pornography online, a parliamentary panel has urged as the South Asian nation looks to regulate social media.

All Apps Should Be Monitored To Curb Child Porn, Says Parliamentary Panel

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday January 25, 2020

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.

377 Websites Hosting Child Pornography Taken Down: Government Informs Parliament

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday November 28, 2019

As many as 377 websites hosting child pornography material have been taken down and 50 FIRs filed, Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Zubin Irani said today as she urged immediate reporting so that swift action can be taken.

"We're Coming For You": US, South Korea Lead Global Crackdown On Child Porn

World News | Spencer S. Hsu, The Washington Post | Thursday October 17, 2019

US and international law enforcement authorities have shut down one of the world's largest child pornography websites after a raid and the arrest of Jong Woo Son, the underground site's alleged South Korea-based administrator, federal officials said Wednesday.

Facebook Could Become Platform of 'Child Pornographers', FBI Director Warns

Reuters | Saturday October 5, 2019

FBI Director Christopher Wray said Friday that Facebook’s proposed move to encrypt its popular messaging program would turn the platform into a “dream come true for predators and child pornographers.”

Teenage Girl "Sexting" Her Friends Is Child Pornography, Says US Court

World News | Ann E. Marimow, The Washington Post | Thursday August 29, 2019

Maryland's child pornography laws apply when the child is both the subject and sender of sexually explicit material, the state's highest court ruled Wednesday, in a case testing how to treat teenagers who voluntarily self-produce and share their own images.