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Child Abuse

Tollywood megastar Jeet urges netizens to 'report, not share' child abuse content

| @indiablooms | Jun 16, 2021, at 01:12 am

Kolkata/IBNS: "Report it, don't share it." That is the message from Tollywood megastar Jeet as he urged people to adopt appropriate behaviour if they come across child abuse content online.

This is part of a new initiative by the Facebook company, and civil society organizations - Aarambh India Initiative, Cyber Peace Foundation and Arpan. The initiative encourages people to report, and not share such content, so it doesn’t harm children further.

Earlier this year to understand how and why people share child exploitative content on Facebook and Instagram, the Facebook company conducted an in-depth analysis of the illegal child exploitative content that the company reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) in October and November of 2020.

It was found that more than 90% of this content was the same as or visually similar to previously reported content. A further deep dive revealed that most of this sharing was happening without any intent to harm children. These insights set the foundation for the new initiative with civil society organizations .i.e. ‘Report it, don’t share it’, as these organizations are experts in the field of online child safety.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A post shared by Jeet (@jeet30)

The initiative is being endorsed by actor Jeet, who is a prominent Bengali film actor, producer and television presenter.

Jeet said, "Everyday images and videos of child abuse circulate on social media, often because people are re-sharing out of outrage, horror and shock. But liking, commenting, or sharing causes more harm to the child. If you see this content online, please report it immediately and do not share it.

"Your simple act can help protect a child. I'm glad to be partnering with Facebook on this initiative & I hope that we can all create a positive impact, if we all acted appropriately now, in the interest of the online safety of children."

The initiative launches today with an animated video which visually communicates the negative impact that the circulation of child abuse content could have on the child who’s the subject of such content, even if it’s about condemning the act.

Madhu Sirohi, Head of Policy Programs & Outreach, Facebook India, commented, “We want to foster a safe and supportive environment on Facebook and Instagram and we’re constantly working towards that. While we invest heavily in people and technology to identify and remove this kind of content even before people see it, we also want to spread awareness on the appropriate behaviour in case people spot child abuse content on our platforms. 

"We’re thankful to our partnership with Jeet, Aarambh India Initiative, Cyber Peace Foundation and Arpan for making this initiative possible.”

Recently, Facebook updated its child safety policies to clarify that it will remove Facebook profiles, pages, groups and Instagram accounts that are dedicated to sharing otherwise innocent images of children with captions, hashtags or comments containing inappropriate signs of affection or commentary about the children depicted in the image.

The company also added the option to choose “involves a child” under the “Nudity & Sexual Activity” category of reporting in more places on Facebook and Instagram to make it easier to report content for violating its child exploitation policies.

To report a content where a child is at risk, call 1098  and report it to the Childline India Foundation. If the content exists on Facebook’s family of apps, it can be reported on https://www.facebook.com/safety/onlinechildprotection

'Other top actors such as Prosenjit Chatterjee, Koel, Ritabhari, Abir, etc have all posted.'

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