Days after the National Commissioner for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) issued a notice to Delhi Police for not taking action on its complaint about the availability of child pornographic material on Twitter, various reports said that the Delhi Police has registered an FIR against the social media company. This is the third case that has been booked against Twitter on Tuesday, the other two against Twitter India employee Manish Maheshwari for the social media company's inaccurate depiction of Jammu and Kashmir on a world map on the platform's website. Various organisations including news agency ANI, NDTV, and others reported that Delhi Police Cyber Cell has filed a case against Twitter for alleged child pornographic content on their platform. ANI reported that the case was registered against Twitter under POCSO Act and IT Act on the basis of NCPCR's complaint. [embed]https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1409844445827133446[/embed] MediaNama was not able to independently confirm the registration of the FIR. We have reached out to Delhi Police DCP (Cyber Cell) Anyesh Roy, Delhi Police Spokesperson Chinmoy Biswal, and police officials in the Special Cell of Delhi Police with detailed queries regarding the situation. We have also reached out to Priyank Kanungo, chairperson of NCPCR and the copy will be updated when we receive a response. Meanwhile, a Twitter Spokesperson told MediaNama, "Twitter has a zero-tolerance policy for child sexual exploitation (CSE) and we have a proactive approach to combating sexual exploitation of minors on our service. We have been at the forefront of responding to the evolving challenge…
