New Delhi: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology ( MeitY ) on Tuesday released a Standard Operating Procedure (SoP) to strengthen mechanisms for the removal and prevention of Non-Consensual Intimate Imagery (NCII) content on online platforms.

This initiative, developed in compliance with the directions of the Madras High Court, aims to provide clear and victim-centric procedures for the swift removal of such objectionable content and to ensure the effective implementation of Rule 3(2)(b) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.

According to the ministry, intermediaries are now required to remove or disable access to reported NCII content within 24 hours of receiving a complaint.

Victims can report such inciden

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