Pocso on online companies for child sex abuse content? SC to examine

A
be ch
of
Justices
J
B
Pa diwala
a d
K
Vi od
Cha d a
issued
otice
to
U io
govt
th ough
MeitY
a d
law
mi ist y

NEW
DELHI:
Sup eme
Cou t
o
F iday
ag eed
to
exami e
a
plea
seeki g
p osecutio
of
social
media
a d
o li e
platfo ms
u de
the
st i ge t

Pocso
Act
fo
showi g
child
sexual
abuse
co te t
a d
ot
epo ti g
it
to
police,
epo ts
AmitA a d
Choudha y.
A
be ch
of
Justices
J
B
Pa diwala
a d
K
Vi od
Cha d a
issued
otice
to
the
U io
govt,
th ough
the
mi ist y
of
elect o ics
a d
i fo matio
tech ology
(MeitY)
a d
the
mi ist y
of
law
a d
justice.
It
asked
the
petitio e
NGO,
‘Just
Rights
fo
Child e
Allia ce
(JRCA)’,
to
implead
i te media ies
i
the
case
to
e su e
complia ce
with
the
cou t’s
2024
judgme t.

Sectio s
19
a d
20
of
Pocso
Act
make
it
ma dato y
fo
a yo e
who
k ows
about
a
child
sexual
offe ce
to
epo t
it
to
local
police
a d
the
petitio e
said
the
p ovisio
was
also
applicable
to
i te media ies
a d
they
too
we e
liable
to
be
p osecuted
fo
o -complia ce.JRCA,
desc ibed
as
I dia’s
la gest
civil
society
etwo k
with
ove
250
NGOs
wo ki g
agai st
child
sexual
exploitatio ,
child
t afficki g
a d
child
ma iage,
filed
the
applicatio
followi g
a
BBC
epo t
allegi g
that
I stag am
had
ca ied
paid
adve tiseme ts
p omoti g
CSAM
(Child
Sexual
Abuse
Mate ial).