Controlling Child-Porn Related offences and Cyber Crimes 29/07/2019 – Posted in: Press Information Bureau

Controlling Child-Porn Related Cyber Crimes

(Ministry of Women and Child Development)

WHAT

The State/UT Governments are competent to deal with offences such as Child-Porn Related Cybercrimes.

 

MEASURES

  • The Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000 has adequate provisions to deal with prevailing cybercrimes.
  • Section 67B of the Act specifically provides stringent punishment for publishing, browsing or transmitting child pornography in electronic form.
  • Sections 354A and 354D of the Indian Penal Code provide punishment for cyberbullying and cyberstalking against women.
  • Government blocks the websites containing extreme Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) based on INTERPOL’s “Worst-of-list” shared periodically by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) which is the National Nodal Agency for Interpol.
  • The government ordered major ISPs in India to adopt and disable/remove the online CSAM dynamically based on Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), UK list.
  • Meity is implementing a major programme on Information Security Education and Awareness (ISEA).
  • Section 14 of the POCSO Act, 2012 whoever uses a child or children for pornographic purposes shall be punished with a fine and with imprisonment which may extend to five years.
  • Section 15 any person who stores, for commercial purposes any pornographic material in any form involving a child shall be punished with a fine and with imprisonment which may extend to three years or both.
  • Further, the Government has proposed an amendment to the POCSO Act, 2012 to introduce a definition of Child pornography and punishment for storing, transmitting or using child pornography for commercial purposes inter-alia, so as to curb the trend of child pornography through online medium. The Protection of children from sexual offence (amendment) Bill is presently under consideration of the Parliament.

 

Source: PIB

 

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