Will continue crackdown on child sexual abuse content on platform: WhatsApp to IT Ministry

NEW DELHI: WhatsApp has told the IT ministry it takes reports of child sexual abuse material on its platform “very seriously” and will continue to ensure that effective action is initiated as soon as exploitative content is reported to it, according to a source.

The IT ministry had last week drawn attention of the Facebook-owned company to a recent report which claimed that the platform is being used to share child sexual abuse videos and had asked it to take steps to prevent such misuse.

The ministry’s move came after a report by Cyber Peace Foundation allegedly found that chat groups on WhatsApp continue to be created and used to disseminate and share Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) in India.