Measures for controlling Child-Porn Related Crimes:
- Section 67B of the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000 specifically provides stringent punishment for publishing, browsing or transmitting child pornography in electronic form.
- Sections 354A and 354D of Indian Penal Code provide punishment for cyber bullying and cyber stalking against women.
- Government blocks the websites containing extreme Child sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) based on INTERPOL’s “Worst-of-list” shared periodically by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) which is the National Nodal Agency for Interpol.
- Government ordered major ISPs in India to adopt and disable/remove the online CSAM dynamically based on Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), UK list.
- Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) is implementing a major programme on Information Security Education and Awareness (ISEA).
- Under Section 14 of the POCSO Act, 2012 whoever uses a child or children for pornographic purposes shall be punished with imprisonment.
- Further the Government has proposed amendment to POCSO Act, 2012 to introduce definition of Child pornography and punishment for storing, transmitting or using child pornography for commercial purposes. The Protection of children from sexual offence (amendment) Bill is presently under consideration of the Parliament.
