RS panel calls for breaking encryption to track distribution of child porn

The ad hoc committee has called for broadening of POSCO Act and mandatory policing on apps to regulate access to child pornography

A Rajya Sabha panel has made 40 recommendations to prevent sexual abuse of children and contain access to and transmission of child pornography in social media. The recommendations include making monitoring apps mandatory on all devices and amending the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POSCO Act) and the Information Technology Act. The report was presented to Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naiu by Congress Parliamentarian and ad hoc panel's chief Jairam Ramesh. 

"The Committee recommends modifying the IT (Intermediary Guidelines) Rules 2011 to include the ability to trace the originator or sender of the message shared on