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| + | The arrest of American linguistics expert Ja mes Kirk Jones last week for possessing and sharing nearly 30,000 files of child pornography had jolted Hyderabad. Recent government data shows the rot runs deeper: alongside metros, many of India's tier-II cities were the worst offenders on surfing and sharing of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). | ||
| + | Amritsar, Lucknow, Alappuzha and Thrissur were among the 10 worst cities where CSAM was shared on multiple occasions. | ||
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| + | Amritsar took top place with more than 4.3 lakh “files of interest“ -code for child porn -shared between July 1, 2016 and January 15, 2017. Delhi was second, followed by Lucknow. There are cities like Agra, Kanpur, Bar rackpore and Dimapur where we had not seen any surfing for CSAM (child sexual abuse material) until six months ago. | ||
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| + | Here too there is significant growth,“ said a government source. The data is limited to IP addresses originating in the country , but there are several instances of surfers using TOR (The Onion Router) to mask or reroute their IP address, making it appear as if they are based in another country , to avoid being tracked. | ||
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| + | Online child porn is directly linked to offline child abuse. “For every child porn video, there is a child abuse victim somewhere,“ said Vidya Reddy from Tulir -Centre for the Prevention and Healing of Child Sexual Abuse. “The accessibility of technology has ensured that CSAM is more easily available than ever before,“ she added. In fact, Jones was also using a peer-to-peer, filesharing network -GigaTribe, to stay in contact with 490 `like-minded' friends. | ||
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| + | Despite the large volume of child porn being shared through private social media groups, reporting remains abysmally low.The National Crime Records Bureau has registered just about 1,540 cases of online child sexual abuse in 2015-16. If not for an Interpol alert, Jones too would have flown under the radar. | ||
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| + | In fact, according to cyber crime law expert Prashant Mali, few people even realise that watching or downloading child porn is a crime.“Under the present laws, watching or sharing such material is a non-bailable offence attracting up to 7 years imprisonment and a Rs 10 lakh penalty ,“ says Mali. | ||
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| + | A major hurdle in the detection of online CSAM is the international nature of the crime. “A person could ostensibly view porn in India, which may have its server in Russia, its pay-site in Scotland and be hosted in Austria,“ says Reddy of Tulir. “We need a transnational police force with state-ofthe-art forensic laboratories and a cohesive policy .“ | ||
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| + | A step in the right direction was taken this week by Union minister Maneka Gandhi, who announced the establishment of a national alliance that would coordinate with law enforcement agencies, ministries, information technology experts, Interpol, and NGOs to curb the proliferation of CSAM online. The alliance will achieve its objective by blocking websites that host CSAM, setting up a hotline for complaints and placing restrictions on the travel of known sex offenders into the country . The minister has already written to the MEA asking for such visa restrictions be put in place. | ||
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Child Pornography
2015-17: the worst affected cities
Himanshi Dhawan, Jan 22 2017: The Times of India
The arrest of American linguistics expert Ja mes Kirk Jones last week for possessing and sharing nearly 30,000 files of child pornography had jolted Hyderabad. Recent government data shows the rot runs deeper: alongside metros, many of India's tier-II cities were the worst offenders on surfing and sharing of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Amritsar, Lucknow, Alappuzha and Thrissur were among the 10 worst cities where CSAM was shared on multiple occasions.
Amritsar took top place with more than 4.3 lakh “files of interest“ -code for child porn -shared between July 1, 2016 and January 15, 2017. Delhi was second, followed by Lucknow. There are cities like Agra, Kanpur, Bar rackpore and Dimapur where we had not seen any surfing for CSAM (child sexual abuse material) until six months ago.
Here too there is significant growth,“ said a government source. The data is limited to IP addresses originating in the country , but there are several instances of surfers using TOR (The Onion Router) to mask or reroute their IP address, making it appear as if they are based in another country , to avoid being tracked.
Online child porn is directly linked to offline child abuse. “For every child porn video, there is a child abuse victim somewhere,“ said Vidya Reddy from Tulir -Centre for the Prevention and Healing of Child Sexual Abuse. “The accessibility of technology has ensured that CSAM is more easily available than ever before,“ she added. In fact, Jones was also using a peer-to-peer, filesharing network -GigaTribe, to stay in contact with 490 `like-minded' friends.
Despite the large volume of child porn being shared through private social media groups, reporting remains abysmally low.The National Crime Records Bureau has registered just about 1,540 cases of online child sexual abuse in 2015-16. If not for an Interpol alert, Jones too would have flown under the radar.
In fact, according to cyber crime law expert Prashant Mali, few people even realise that watching or downloading child porn is a crime.“Under the present laws, watching or sharing such material is a non-bailable offence attracting up to 7 years imprisonment and a Rs 10 lakh penalty ,“ says Mali.
A major hurdle in the detection of online CSAM is the international nature of the crime. “A person could ostensibly view porn in India, which may have its server in Russia, its pay-site in Scotland and be hosted in Austria,“ says Reddy of Tulir. “We need a transnational police force with state-ofthe-art forensic laboratories and a cohesive policy .“
A step in the right direction was taken this week by Union minister Maneka Gandhi, who announced the establishment of a national alliance that would coordinate with law enforcement agencies, ministries, information technology experts, Interpol, and NGOs to curb the proliferation of CSAM online. The alliance will achieve its objective by blocking websites that host CSAM, setting up a hotline for complaints and placing restrictions on the travel of known sex offenders into the country . The minister has already written to the MEA asking for such visa restrictions be put in place.
2016: types preferred, major sources
The Times of India, Apr 7, 2016
Indians love 'desi' porn, Delhi tops with 39% traffic
Syed Mohammed
TOI recently asked PornHub, a popular porn site, about viewership trends. The site revealed that trends New Delhi tops in viewership with 39.2 per cent of porn traffic. The top search terms for smut in India are "Indian college girls", "Indian bhabhi," "Bengali" and "Indian aunty".
Like Kolkatans, Delhiites average 9 minutes and 29 seconds per viewing session — 31 seconds longer than the national average. Delhi also seems to have a fetish for women's backsides.
PornHub, shows the "top relative category" in Delhi is "ass", which the city is 46 per cent more likely to watch than the rest of the country. The "school" category is also very popular, taking third place. Last August, the department of telecommunications banned 857 websites containing pornographic content, but later reversed the decision, limiting the ban to child pornography.
Chennai is a distant second in terms of an appetite for porn. It accounts for a little under 6 per cent of traffic and displays parochial tastes with the top search category being "Tamil". Chennaites also have the shortest viewing sessions, averaging 7 minutes and 52 seconds, as against the national average of 8 minutes and 58 seconds. Mumbai, fourth in terms of traffic, hasthe most Oedipal of porn viewers as 46 per cent are more likely to watch videos of older women.
Kolkata, ranked fifth, is the only city with a taste for 'hentai', a form of Japanese animated pornography. The most searched celebrity in India is Sunny Leone, followed by Mia Khalifa and reality TV star Kim Kardashian.
