Hyderabad: Three Google alerts about suspected circulation of child sexual abuse material online have led the Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) to register a case on its own, without any complaint.
The case has been booked under Section 67B of the Information Technology Act, 2000, which deals with publishing or transmitting material depicting children in sexually explicit acts, according to Deccan Chronicle.
The alerts were generated by Google and passed to the US-based National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), which sent them to Indian authorities through the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C). They pointed to suspected activity linked to a Google profile and carried digital leads, including an email account.
Before registering the FIR, the TGCSB ran preliminary checks on the available IP addresses, mobile numbers and email IDs.
The FIR explains how such alerts reach the state. NCMEC receives reports from electronic service providers and forwards them to Indian authorities through I4C. The TGCSB is Telangana’s nodal agency for examining these alerts and initiating action.
The case comes weeks after Google said that it had proposed sharing such cases directly with I4C, instead of routing them through NCMEC.
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Source: The Siasat Daily
