Furthermore, concerning the rampant circulation of pornographic and violent content material, together with Child Sex Abuse Material (CSAM) on varied platforms, the minister highlighted the federal government’s zero-tolerance coverage in the direction of such cybercrime. (Representational Image/X)
The minister highlighted the magnitude of authorities interventions aimed toward making certain nationwide safety, safeguarding public order, and sustaining sovereignty and integrity
During the continuing parliamentary session, minister of state for electronics and data know-how Rajeev Chandrasekhar unveiled startling figures regarding the authorities’s directives to main social media platforms for content material deletion, modification, or blocking under the Information Technology Act, 2000. Revealing a major quantity of orders issued over the past 5 years, Chandrasekhar highlighted the magnitude of authorities interventions aimed toward making certain nationwide safety, safeguarding public order, and sustaining sovereignty and integrity.
The statistics, as disclosed by the minister, outlined the substantial quantity of instructions particularly focused at platforms together with Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (X-Corp), YouTube, and others.
2018
- Facebook: 1,555
- Instagram: 379
- Twitter (X-Corp): 224
- YouTube: 161
- Others: 480
- Total: 2,799
2019
- Facebook: 2,049
- Instagram: 75
- Twitter (X-Corp): 1,041
- YouTube: 409
- Others: 61
- Total: 3,635
2020
- Facebook: 1,717
- Instagram: 1,273
- Twitter (X-Corp): 2,731
- YouTube: 2,175
- Others: 1,953
- Total: 9,849
2021
- Facebook: 1,082
- Instagram: 464
- Twitter (X-Corp): 2,851
- YouTube: 1,141
- Others: 580
- Total: 6,118
2022
- Facebook: 1,750
- Instagram: 359
- Twitter (X-Corp): 3,423
- YouTube: 939
- Others: 464
- Total: 6,935
2023
- Facebook: 2,044
- Instagram: 473
- Twitter (X-Corp): 3,390
- YouTube: 934
- Others: 661
- Total: 7,502
Furthermore, concerning the rampant circulation of pornographic and violent content material, together with Child Sex Abuse Material (CSAM) on varied platforms, the minister highlighted the federal government’s zero-tolerance coverage in the direction of such cybercrime.
He stated: “The government has issued notice to various social media intermediaries including Telegram, YouTube, and X, to remove or disable access to all such CSAM and groups circulating such material.”
As per Chandrasekhar, the federal government has additionally requested the platforms to implement proactive measures, similar to content material moderation algorithms and reporting mechanisms, to forestall additional dissemination of CSAM.
