‘377 websites hosting child pornography taken down’

Cutting across party lines, the Rajya Sabha on Thursday saw MPs expressing concern over rising number of cases of child abuse due to easy access to child pornography and demanding strict action. Appreciating their anguish, Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Zubin Irani said as many as 377 websites hosting such pornographic sites were taken down and 50 FIRs registered. She also said a methodology to complaint against such sites was being worked out.

The issue was raised by Vijila Sathyananth(AIADMK) and the entire house associated itself with the rampant proliferation of child pornography sites on social media and mobile phones.