Twitter, Delhi Police Summoned By DCW Over 'Child Pornography' Videos On Microblogging Site

Summons have also been issued to the DCP of the Cyber ​​Cell of Delhi Police in this case.

Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal addresses a press conference, in New Delhi (Source: PTI)

New Delhi: Delhi Commission for Women chairperson Swati Maliwal on Tuesday alleged that Twitter, one of the world's largest social media platforms, has become a medium to sell pornographic videos of children. "The Chandigarh University incident set me thinking and I asked my team to investigate. We found videos of minor girls on Twitter in which they were seen being raped. Some of the platforms were even selling these videos for Rs 20 to Rs 30. This is horrific," DCW chief Swati Maliwal told reporters, as reported by news agency PTI.

दुनिया के सबसे बड़े सोशल मीडिया प्लेटफॉर्म्स में से एक Twitter बच्चों की अश्लील पॉर्न विडियो बेचने का माध्यम बन गया है। छोटी बच्चियों के बलात्कार की वीडियो का ट्विटर पर भरमार लगा हुआ है। ₹20-₹30 रुपए में बच्चियों की अश्लील वीडियो बेची जा रही है। #Twitter pic.twitter.com/gka9zvc1lj

— Swati Maliwal (@SwatiJaiHind) September 20, 2022

Swati Maliwal said that the head of Twitter India has been summoned to come to the office of the Delhi Commission for Women and reply. She asked whether Twitter follows only US law. Summons have also been issued to the DCP of the Cyber ​​Cell of Delhi Police in this case. 

Maliwal told that the commission has started an investigation. 

"Shockingly, some of these videos even depicted rape with children and women while they were asleep. Some of the Twitter accounts engaging in these criminal acts appear to be running a racket, wherein they seek money for providing pornographic and rape videos of children from other users of the social media platform. The commission has shared a list of such tweets with the Delhi Police and Twitter," the panel said.

The DCW has also asked the platform to provide reasons as to why the tweets were neither deleted nor reported by it.

"The commission has also sought data regarding the number of such tweets presently available on Twitter. Further, it has sought the number of tweets depicting child pornography and rape identified, deleted and reported by Twitter in the past four years," the panel said.

The DCW has also asked Twitter about the standard operating procedure (SOP) connected with erasing and detailing such content followed by the platform. It has attempted to find out whether artificial intelligence and machine-learning tools are used by Twitter to naturally distinguish and erase tweets depicting abuse against women and children.

(With PTI Inputs)