What to Do When You Come Across Child Sexual Abuse Material On the Internet?


Child Sexual Abuse Material is the preferable alternative to using the term ‘Child Pornography’. It refers to material/content (videos/images/text/audio) depicting acts of sexual abuse against a child. Material depicting child is sexually explicit positions as well as those focusing explicitly on genitalia of a child may also be considered Child Sexual Abuse Material.

Click through below to know more about the issue:

1. What are the consequences of searching, or viewing or collecting child sexual abuse material (child pornography)?
2. What are the consequences of child sexual abuse material on children?
3. What does the Law on Child Sexual Abuse Imagery (Child Pornography) in India say?

Where to Report if You Stumble Across Child Sexual Abuse Material on the Internet?

You can report anonymously. By reporting the content on hotlines, you are blocking and taking down images at source. You are allowing a child to be safe, recover and heal.

If You Stumble Across Child Sexual Abuse Imagery Online,
Report the Content on Cybercrime.gov.in

Report the Content Anonymously on Aarambh India’s Hotline.

If you Want to Report Child Sexual Abuse Cases,
Report the Content at the POCSO e-box.

If you see a child in distress,
Call 1098.

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