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The Delhi Police Cyber Cell today filed a case against Twitter for child pornographic content on their platform. The present case has been registered on a complaint by NCPCR (National Commission For Protection of Child Rights).

It must be noted that, the country's top most child rights body National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) had issued summons to the DCP of Delhi Police Cyber Cell asking to appear in person on June 29 on the matter of filing an FIR against Twitter over access to child pornography on the platform.

In furtherance to this Priyanak Kanoongo (NCPCR head) had stated in his statements earlier that, "Twitter was found to have given false and misleading responses during the enquiry conducted by NCPCR for the presence of pornographic and child sexual abuse matter, a grievous offence under the POCSO ACT."

After conducting an inquiry and finding child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on the microblogging site NCPCR directed Delhi Police to book Twitter India under sections 11, 15,19 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, section 199 & 292 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and any other relevant sections of IT Act and IPC on May 29.

It is further noted that on May 29, a letter was issued to the secretary of the Ministry of Electronics and Information and Technology to initiate a ban on the access of children on Twitter on an immediate basis till the time Twitter makes its platform safe for children by ensuring complete removal of CSAM and pornographic material from their platform and also reporting of cybercrime cases by them to the authorities in India.