Referring to the new law introduced by the Australian government that prohibits children below the age of 16 from holding social media accounts, he said that a similar legislation could be considered in India as well.
Police have arrested a student of Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) in Naya Raipur for allegedly creating obscene images of female students by using AI tools.
In an interview with ANI, businessman Raj Kundra, embroiled in a controversy over allegations of pornography production, broke his silence after three years of public speculation.
As per agency sources, Kundra has been asked to depose before the investigators at its zonal office in Mumbai at 11 am as part of the ongoing money laundering investigation.
In a massive operation, Punjab Police's Cybercrime Division has arrested one person and identified 54 suspects involved in viewing, transmitting and distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) using various online platforms.
The Supreme Court on Monday suggested the Parliament to bring a law amending the POCSO Act to replace the term "child pornography" with "child sexual exploitative and abusive material.".
The High Court had said that to make out an offence under POCSO Act, a child or children should have been used for pornography purposes. It added that to constitute an offence under IT Act the accused must have published, transmitted and created the material.
The District and Sessions Court, Mohali sentenced a Ludhiana-based man to three years of rigorous imprisonment and also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 for transmitting child pornographic content through Facebook Messenger.
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Tuesday decided to convene a meeting to discuss issues regarding online grooming of minors, circulation of child pornography and exposure to sexual abuse content on social media platforms, said an official statement.
The investigation into the matter is underway and further sections of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act will also be increased into the matter, the officer added.