New Delhi: Center’s warning to urgently remove child sexual abuse content from Indian social media platforms. Notice of IT Ministry that strict action will be taken if any type of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) is found.
“We have issued a notice to the platforms of X, YouTube and Telegram asking them to ensure that there is no content that could lead to sexual exploitation of children,” Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said.
Any child sexual abuse content on these platforms should be permanently removed. The notice also directed that precautions should be taken to prevent their re-appearance in future and the details thereof should be reported.
Ignoring the instructions will be considered a violation of Rule 3 (1) (b) and Rule 4 (4) of the IT Rules, 2021, the IT ministry’s notice said. In case of delay in complying with the notices, Section 79 of the IT Act warned against the protection (safe harbor protection) currently available to Internet intermediary platforms.
