Child pornography demand spiked since lockdown: ICPF

Following the 21-day lockdown across the country in wake of coronavirus outbreak, there has been alarming rise in demand for child pornography material, said India Child Protection Fund (ICPF) on Monday. The report has been submitted to the Women & Child Development ministry for further action.

According to Nivedita Ahuja, the spokesperson, ICPF, since the lockdown, online data monitoring websites are showing an increase in demand for searches like ‘child porn’, ‘sexy child’ and ‘teen sex videos’.

“This is a blatant violation of the directions of the Supreme Court, and a violation of national policy. Pornographic websites are playing hide-and-seek with Indian law and judiciary by simply changing their website URLs.