The GOI is planning to set up a highly sophisticated centre to tackle child pornography and online abuse. The initiative comes after an expert committee constituted to prepare a roadmap for effectively tackling cyber crime. According to the recommendations of the committee, there is a need to drastically reduce crimes against children and women, especially online abuse.

A Rs 400 crore cybercrime control hub, to be called ‘Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre’ (IC4), will be set up to check all cyber crime, including child pornography and online abuse, as per the recommendations of the committee. The expert committee suggested enactment of a new Electronic Evidence Act similar to the UK and Singapore and regular review of existing laws.

The government has taken seriously the issue of pornography and asked Internet Service Providers to block over 800 sites which had child porn content. The Supreme Court too had pulled up the government for not doing much to check child pornography. The expert committee found that India lacks centralised online reporting mechanism, inadequate infrastructure for cyber crime monitoring and investigation, besides skilled cyber professionals.

IC4

• The IC4 will have linkages with CCTNS and NATGRID, the two databases having information related to various kinds of crime and criminals.
• One of the priorities of IC4 will be to check attempts by international gangs to penetrate Indian government’s official communication network and hack them.
• IC4 should provide all necessary technical assistance to CBI and state police on all cyber crime related issues.
• Key objectives of IC4 are: to act as a nodal point in the fight against cyber crime and as an early warning system for law enforcement agencies with active cyber crime monitoring.

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