FIR against Twitter for giving access to child porn

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FIR against Twitter for giving access to child porn

Wednesday, 30 June 2021 | Staff Reporter | NEW DELHI

Delhi Police has registered a First Information Report (FIR) against Twitter for allegedly allowing access to child pornography on the microblogging platform.

The FIR was registered after a complaint was received by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), officials said on Tuesday.

Police said that the case has been registered under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Information Technology Act.

This comes days after the NCPCR, the country’s apex child rights body, asked Anyesh Roy, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Cyber Cell to explain why no action had been taken against Twitter as per its letter to the Delhi Police dated May 29.In its letter, the NCPCR had asked the Delhi Police to book Twitter on the basis of the findings of its recent inquiry in which it had found that child sexual abuse material (CSAM) was easily available on the platform.

“Acting on a complaint received from the NCPCR regarding the availability of child sexual abuse and child pornographic material on Twitter in the form of various accounts and links, an FIR under relevant sections of the IPC, IT Act and POCSO Act has been registered by the Cyber Crime Unit, and investigation has been taken up,” said Chinmoy Biswal, the spokesperson of Delhi Police.

The complaint was against Twitter Inc and Twitter Communication India Private Ltd., the police said.

In its May 29 letter, the NCPCR had said that it was found that “the toolkit for deep and dark web” was also available on Twitter. This gives access to all, including children, to obtain CSAM.

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