UGC requested Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to disseminate the information related to the Advisory for Protection of the Rights of Children against Production, Distribution and Consumption of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) and implement the recommendations suggested in the Advisory. Read here to get the details.
University Grants Commission released an advisory after the National Human Rights Commission issued an advisory for the Protection of the Rights of Children against Production, Distribution and Consumption of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM).
“The Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are requested to disseminate the information and implement the recommendations suggested in the Advisory. HEIs are also requested to upload the action taken in this regard on the University Activity Monitoring Portal (UAMP) at https://uamp.ugc.ac.in,” reads UGC’s notification.
As per the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) ‘cyberTipline 2022 Report’, out of the 32 million reports received by NCMEC, 5.6 million reports pertained to CSAM uploaded by perpetrators based out of India. A total of 1,505 instances of publishing, storing and transmitting CSAM under Section 67B of Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000 and Sections 14 and 15 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POSCO) Act, 20212 had been reported in the year 2021, said NHRC statement.
Advancements in lnformation and Communications Technology (lCT) provide optimal conditions for creating an ecosystem that supports proliferation of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM). While role of the lnternet in modern society is that of an indispensable positive social force, it cannot be denied that in few areas, like child sexual abuse, it has enabled significant harm. Production, distribution and consumption of CSAM is one of the most terrible forms of sexual abuse and exploitation faced by children and, consequently, a grave violation of their human rights, added NHRC.
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