[24 April 2020] The Coop: There is No Such Thing As Child Pornography
There’s no such thing as child pornography
It’s called ‘child sexual abuse material’
Please forgive us the clickbait & welcome to edition 4 of The Coop.
Hoping all is well with you & your loved ones and that you continue to hold up strong.
In this edition, we review two recent reports that came out in past week that focused on Online Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM). One is eye-opening. The other is irresponsible. One needs our urgent attention and response. The other needs to be urgently retracted.
Follow that with a truly amazing & immersive podcast series on the same issue produced by our partners at the Internet Watch Foundation.
Then there’s the impassioned UN declaration of the pandemic as a Child Rights Crisis.
And no webinars this week. Instead we have a beautifully curated storytelling channel specifically meant for children from marginalized urban communities.
CSAM
The highest number of uploads of suspected CSAM was from India as per geographical indicators related to the content – a sobering 1,987,430 pieces of content. This should serve as yet another wake up call to acknowledge that given the current state of affairs, the numbers will only increase in 2020.
& Things We Don’t:
The Article on the ICPF Report on Child Sexual Abuse Imagery
Wrong. Misplaced. Irresponsible.
Podcast
Meet the victims, the police, the charities, the experts, and even the criminals at the frontline of this global battle against CSAM. It’s gripping, illuminating, emotional- everything that makes for a great podcast. (If you are looking to hear us, we are among the voices in episode 4).
Crisis
Protect Our Children by UN Secretary-General António Guterres
The speech that famously declared the current pandemic as a child-rights crisis also highlights the multi-dimensional and complex range of issues that we must address if we are to protect & safeguard all children.
Storytelling
Apalam Chaplam on Youtube
Apalam Chaplam on Instagram
Apalam Chapalam is a multi-lingual video storytelling initiative created primarily for Urban Poor children between 6 to 14 years of age, who are navigating particularly overwhelming living circumstances right now. Routinely excellent, it is put together by the good people at Leher with writers Aliya Khan & Mandovi Menon & animation by Nisha Vasudevan. Kick off the sampling with this beautiful rendition of a Konkani Folktale.
A reminder again that our donation page to help families of child victims of sexual abuse survive in lockdown is still accepting funds. We appeal to you to donate or just share it with someone who may be interested in donating.
That’s it for this Week. See You In the Next!
