India: Meta to report child abuse cases to law enforcement
Tech giant Meta will now directly report child safety-related cases to India's cybercrime portal, according to media reports. DW has more.
On Tuesday, September 15, Facebook's parent company Meta has pledged to report child safety-related matters, including instances of child sexual abuse, to Indian law enforcement agencies, according to a report from Indian media outlets. This pledge comes in response to allegations of paid advertisements promoting AI-generated child sexual abuse material on Meta's Facebook and Instagram platforms, which have garnered significant criticism in India.
The US tech giant is set to submit such cases to the cybercrime portal managed by the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre. This move is seen as a crucial step towards enhancing child safety on the platforms, though further actions are needed, according to unnamed government sources cited by news agency ANI. The Indian government is actively collaborating with other online platforms to identify and proactively remove harmful content.
Additionally, the government intends to penalize platforms that fail to implement robust measures for child online safety, emphasizing that this is a fundamental principle for any social media operation in India.
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