SynopsisTwo years after the Supreme Court clarified that reporting suspected CSAM to a foreign organisation does not absolve a platform of criminal liability under Indian laws for failing to notify local authorities, US social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube, X and Snap continue to send such reports only to US-based National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), the sources said.India may need to negotiate a formal data-sharing arrangement with the United States to strengthen investigations into online child sexual abuse material (CSAM), rather than relying primarily on notices and criminal proceedings against technology companies’ local subsidiaries, multiple experts and stakeholders told ET.Two years after the Supreme Court clarified that reporting suspected CSAM to a foreign organisation does not absolve a platformNow Playing
India may need data pact with US to tighten CSAM crackdown - The Economic Times
Two years after the Supreme Court clarified that reporting suspected CSAM to a foreign organisation does not absolve a platform of criminal liability under Indian laws for failing to notify local authorities, US social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube, X and Snap continue to send such reports only to US-based National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), the sources said.






