How Instagram ads row underlines India’s problem with reporting child abuse material

The article discusses the National Human Rights Commission's (NHRC) notice to MeitY, MIB, and Delhi Police regarding Instagram ads allegedly promoting child sexual abuse material (CSAM). It highlights two key issues: compliance with statutory reporting obligations under the POCSO Act, 2012, and whether platforms using AI for content generation and dissemination can still claim intermediary legal protections. The article also delves into India's broader challenges in converting international CyberTipline reports into prosecutions, detailing the complex process involving various agencies like NCRB, I4C, and IFSO, and the difficulties in verification, age determination, and evidence collection, especially with evolving digital crime methods and encrypted platforms.