Inside India's digital crime unit leading the effort to catch groups on WhatsApp and Telegram that create and spread content promoting child sexual abuse
bringing the total arrests to 136. Varsha Bansal / @varshaabansal : They conduct coordinated raids & make multiple isolated arrests of people involved in CSAM creation & distribution. In Nov 2020, they arrested a man who was creating videos with his young niece who had moved into his place during the pandemic. Varsha Bansal / @varshaabansal : NEW: India is one of the largest creators & consumers of child sexual abuse material. I write for @restofworld about a special operation by Kerala Police to fight the spread of child sexual abuse material on WhatsApp & Telegram. They arrested 136 people. https://restofworld.org/... Varsha Bansal / @varshaabansal : WhatsApp and Telegram groups have become a thriving market for child sexual abuse material or CSAM. Between June & July 2020, researchers from Cyber Peace Foundation identified 1,299 groups circulating pornography on WhatsApp, and 350 such channels on Telegram. https://twitter.com/... Anup Kaphle / @anupkaphle : India is one of the largest creators and consumers of child sexual abuse material in the world. @VarshaaBansal takes you inside the digital crime unit leading the effort to catch groups that create and spread content promoting such abuse https://restofworld.org/... Varsha Bansal / @varshaabansal : Officers told me there's been a radical shift in the kind of content in these groups. 2 years ago, most of it used to be from outside of India but it's becoming more local. They hear Malayalam being spoken or notice Manorama magazines in the backdrop of these images & videos. Varsha Bansal / @varshaabansal : This is not a Kerala-only phenomenon. In 2019, nearly 2 million cases of child sexual exploitation were registered across India, highest in the world. https://www.missingkids.org/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Encrypted platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram are host to a thriving market for photos and videos of children child sexual abuse. But an Indian cybercrime unit is pushing back. @VarshaaBansal reports for @restofworld. https://restofworld.org/...
In 2020, three mass sweep took place across the state of Kerala. The first raid was in June arresting 52 people, then in October with 43 arrests and the latest one was in December when 41 offenders were apprehended — bringing the total arrests to 136.
They conduct coordinated raids & make multiple isolated arrests of people involved in CSAM creation & distribution. In Nov 2020, they arrested a man who was creating videos with his young niece who had moved into his place during the pandemic.
NEW: India is one of the largest creators & consumers of child sexual abuse material. I write for @restofworld about a special operation by Kerala Police to fight the spread of child sexual abuse material on WhatsApp & Telegram. They arrested 136 people. https://restofworld.org/.…
WhatsApp and Telegram groups have become a thriving market for child sexual abuse material or CSAM. Between June & July 2020, researchers from Cyber Peace Foundation identified 1,299 groups circulating pornography on WhatsApp, and 350 such channels on Telegram. https://twitter.co…
India is one of the largest creators and consumers of child sexual abuse material in the world. @VarshaaBansal takes you inside the digital crime unit leading the effort to catch groups that create and spread content promoting such abuse https://restofworld.org/...
Officers told me there's been a radical shift in the kind of content in these groups. 2 years ago, most of it used to be from outside of India but it's becoming more local. They hear Malayalam being spoken or notice Manorama magazines in the backdrop of these images & videos.
This is not a Kerala-only phenomenon. In 2019, nearly 2 million cases of child sexual exploitation were registered across India, highest in the world. https://www.missingkids.org/ ... https://twitter.com/...