In Delhi, a lawsuit has been filed against Twitter for child pornography, the fourth such prosecution against the social media site since it lost legal protection for user-posted content amid a major spat with the government. The new complaint was brought under the Posco Act and the Information Technology Act.
The case was filed by the Delhi Police’s Cyber Cell in response to a complaint from the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights, or NCPCR.
The NCPCR said in their lawsuit that pornographic content involving children was constantly uploaded on Twitter.
In Delhi, a lawsuit has been filed against Twitter for child pornography, the fourth such prosecution against the social media site since it lost legal protection for user-posted content amid a major spat with the government. The new complaint was brought under the Posco Act and the Information Technology Act.
The case was filed by the Delhi Police’s Cyber Cell in response to a complaint from the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights, or NCPCR.
The NCPCR said in their lawsuit that pornographic content involving children was constantly uploaded on Twitter.
The commission, which had previously expressed its dissatisfaction with the situation, has addressed two letters to the Cyber Cell and the Delhi Police Commissioner. A senior officer of the Cyber Cell has also been summoned to appear before it on June 29.
A complaint was filed against Twitter in Ghaziabad earlier this month in connection with postings about an alleged attack on a Muslim man.
The case is currently before the Supreme Court, after Twitter India CEO Manish Maheshwari was granted protection from arrest by a Karnataka High Court decision. The ruling has been challenged in the Supreme Court by the Uttar Pradesh police.
Mr Maheshwari was also identified in a second First Information Report (also filed in Uttar Pradesh) about an inaccurate map of India on the Twitter website, which depicted Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh as distinct countries.
Mr Maheshwari has been charged with the same offence in another FIR filed in Madhya Pradesh.
Following its inability to comply with new digital standards, including the hiring of Indian employees for the grievance and redressal mechanism, Twitter lost legal protection from prosecution for user content earlier this month.
Twitter had a public spat with the government over new IT regulations, which it claimed were unconstitutional. The feud erupted when it labeled BJP leaders’ tweets on a purported “Congress toolbox” as “manipulated media.”
