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Supreme Court seeks government reply on plea over child porn reporting
The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Centre's response on a plea seeking criminal action against social media platforms that fail to report child sexual exploitation material. A bench of Justices JB…
The Story in Brief
The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Centre's response on a plea seeking criminal action against social media platforms that fail to report child sexual exploitation material. A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and Vinod Chandran issued notice.
The plea, by Just Rights for Children Alliance, seeks implementation of the Court's September 2024 judgment mandating such reporting under the POCSO Act. It cites a BBC report that paid ads promoting child sexual abuse appeared on Instagram and redirected users to Telegram. Meta reportedly reports such content to the US-based NCMEC, but not necessarily to Indian police as required. The plea demands a uniform SOP and criminal proceedings against non-compliant intermediaries.
The Indian Opinion
The Indian public often hears two conflicting stories: platforms claim they report abuse to NCMEC, while critics say they ignore Indian law. Both miss the point. The real issue is that Indian law requires direct reporting to local police under POCSO. If the Supreme Court's pending notice leads to a clear SOP mandating dual reporting to both NCMEC and Indian authorities, that would settle the matter. Until then, the BBC report on Instagram ads remains a test of whether platforms are serious about compliance.
Source: barandbench.com
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