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Panel suggests steps to curb child porn
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- A parliamentary panel has recommended a code of conduct for Internet service providers (ISPs) and strengthening the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights to curb child pornography.
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- The report, prepared by an ad hoc committee set up by the Rajya Sabha and led by Jairam Ramesh, was submitted to the Chairman of the House on January 25. The report was tabled by Women and Child Development Minister recently.
- Recommendations of the Panel:
(1) Multi-Pronge strategy: It recommends a multi-pronged strategy detailing technological, institutional, social and educational as well as State-level measures.
(2) Online Child Safety: Among its key recommendations is a code of conduct or a set of guidelines for ensuring child safety online.
(3) Responsilibity on ISP’s: It puts a greater onus on ISPs to identify and remove child sexual abuse material (CSAM) as well as report such content and those trying to access them to the authorities under the national cybercrime portal.
(4) Technology to trace distributors: The committee has delved into great detail in using technology to curb circulation of child porn such as breaking end-to-end encryption to trace its distributors.
Sources
The Hindu