Delhi Police has sent a notice to Twitter seeking details about steps taken by it against the circulation of child pornography on its platform. Police said that the notice was sent to the micro-blogging site on Tuesday.
“Police have sought to know the steps taken by Twitter officials against child sexual abuse content on their platform and sought details of the accounts circulating such material,” said a senior police officer.
A First Information Report (FIR) was registered by the Delhi Police against Twitter for allegedly allowing access to child pornography on its platform following a complaint by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR).
The case was registered under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the IT Act, police said.
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 discovered that child sexual abuse material was easily available on the platform.