India’s 1st Internet Hotline to Report Online Child Sexual Abuse Imagery was launched on the 19th of September 2016. Since the launch the portal has received 211 reports from users across India. 31 of these reports were found to contain Child Sexual Abuse Imagery. 24 Reports contained or linked to content that contained Category A...
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Late last year, British journalist and documentarian Adam Curtis released ‘Hypernormalization’ , his 2 hour 46 minute magnum opus that attempts to give perspective to the confusing times we live in. One of the running threads through this sprawling film was the story of the internet told like we’ve never heard it before. Instead of the...
Read moreWelcome to the 1st Catalog of 2017. Each fortnight, through this entire year, we will put together and share news, resources, voices, opinions and point-of-views that help shape the larger discussion around child safety and child protection. 2017 started by quickly dimming whatever little hope and joy the new year may have brought in, when news of the Bangalore New...
Read moreWords matter. Not just what you say. But how you say it as well. Using the right words is not just about consistency, clarity and communication. But on a sensitive issue like sexual violence against children, it is about maintaining the dignity of the victim and their family. Terminology around any issue is never constant. It...
Read moreNamaste! This week, Prerana’s Aarambh India Initiative in collaboration with Internet Watch Foundation launched www.aarambhindia.org/report – India’s 1st Internet Hotline where you can report and help take down sexually explicit images & videos of children from the public Internet.
Read moreFrom 19th September 2016, A Safer Internet Is a Click Away “Electronics seem so clean and yet it dirties, dirties tremendously, and it obliges you to leave traces of yourself everywhere… I want to leave nothing, my favorite key is the one that deletes.” – Elena Ferrante On 19th September, 2016, Prerana‘s Aarambh India Initiative in partnership...
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