CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE

About:

• A clause to be inserted in the POCSO Act, 2012 under which advocating or counseling sexual activities with a person under the age of 18 years is made an offence under the Act.
  
  
• National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal shall be designated as the national portal under reporting requirements in POCSO Act in case of electronic material;
  
  
• A new section be included in the IT Act 2000, providing for punitive measures for those providing pornographic access to children and also those who access, produce or transmit Child Sexual Abuse Material(CSAM);
  
  
• Apps that help in monitoring children's access to pornographic content shall be made mandatory on all devices sold in India.
  
  
• On-streaming platforms like Netflix and social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook etc. should have separate adult section where under- aged children could be disallowed;
  
  
• National Commission for Protection of Child Rights(NCPCR) should be designated as the nodal agency to deal with the issue of child pornography.
  
  
• The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) shall mandatorily record and report annually cases of child pornography of all kinds.