New Delhi, Sep 30 (FN Agency) The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has written a letter to the Central Bureau of Investigation, seeking its intervention over alleged child porn videos and photographs on the social media platform Twitter, the commission in a statement said on Friday. The commission has sought FIR and immediate arrests of the persons who are allegedly involved in the matter. It has identified 14 more alleged tweets depicting sexual activity with children. On September 20, DCW had summoned Twitter India Policy Head and Delhi Police Cyber Cell over tweets depicting alleged child pornography videos over Twitter.
Some of the twitter accounts engaging in these criminal acts appeared to be running a racket wherein they sought money for providing pornographic videos of children, it stated. In response, Twitter removed over 20 tweets flagged by the Commission from its platform and Delhi Police registered an FIR under sections 67/67-A/67-B IT Act. Delhi Police senior officers appeared before the Commission and informed that they set up eight expert teams and have conducted raids across the country. Delhi Police have arrested three accused in the matter till date, it added. DCW Chief Swati Maliwal said, “When we checked on Twitter today, we found 14 such tweets and there appear to be hundreds of them. In one such tweet which has been viewed 514K times, it shows an obscene video of a school girl in her uniform. How can Twitter allow such illegal and filthy content to run on its platform?” “Delhi Police have initiated action on our complaint. I have also written to the CBI Director seeking his urgent action in the matter. Twitter must be held accountable. They must ensure that their platform is freed from child pornographic content,” Maliwal said.