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The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Wednesday, took suo moto cognizance of pornographic content on Twitter & wrote to the micro blogging site, warning action if it is not taken down within 7 days. In a press note the NCW stated that, “Twitter has been granted seven days to comply with its directions.”

The Chairperson of NCW, Rekha Sharma has written to Managing Director, Twitter India for immediately removing all such pornographic and obscene content from the platform within a week. It has also written to Commissioner of Police, Delhi to investigate and take appropriate legal action in the matter.

“The Commission has shared with Twitter details of a few profiles sharing pornographic content on Twitter and has directed to remove all such content within one week. The platform has also been asked to communicate action taken within 10 days by NCW.” – stated the Press Note.

The note further stated that the Commission was disturbed by the fact that despite knowing of the availability of such banned content which not only violates Indian laws but also Twitter's own policy, no action has been taken till date towards removing them.

It must be noted that there are already 4 FIRs registered against Twitter. There are two cases in Uttar Pradesh while Madhya Pradesh and Delhi have filed FIRs against it. One each FIR has been registered in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh on charges of hosting a distorted map of India on its website while UP Police has also registered a case in connection with a video of an elderly man being attacked. The fourth case is the one on child pornography on Twitter.

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