Thank You, Shri Jairam Rameshji,

I sent to you [ - and to each member of your committee ], following email yesterday :

Time to Get Impatient ?  ,

-      where , I made a few suggestions on regulating / reducing , online pornographic content

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This morning, I came across following news report :

 

Rajya Sabha panel lays out child porn crackdown plan

Here are the highlights of the recommendations as reported in this news :

Ø  Creation of a regulatory framework to curtail the access of pornographic material to children… including the creation of a new regulator, a more dedicated regulatory framework.

Ø  The government has to significantly improve their enforcement of existing laws

Ø  India must take a leadership role and constitute an international alliance against child porn in the lines of a solar alliance.

Ø  Creating an organization like Interpol to exclusively tackle child pornography

Ø  Focus on three areas — technology, administrative steps, and legal measures — to find a solution.

     { advancement in technology makes it difficult to stop pornographic material on the

      Internet }

Ø  China has put a blanket ban on Google and WhastApp, but the panel was clear that China model should not be followed in India

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Dear Shri Jairam Rameshji,

I understand that your Committee will submit its report to the Government on 15 Jan

     Without doubt, your committee will debate – and decide the priorities based on the

     following considerations :

Ø  What is “ Important – but not quite Urgent “

     ( eg : International Alliance / Interpol like organization )

Ø  What is both “ Urgent AND Important “

( eg : Improving enforcement of existing laws /  Dedicated  Regulatory Framework )

Members of your committee are right in saying :

“ As far as regulation of internet is concerned, we need not blindly follow, either the Chinese model or the Russian model “

But the model suggested by me is superior to those , in the following respects :

Ø  It is “ Voluntary “ and not “ mandatory “

Ø  It does not invade the “ Privacy “ of the users

Ø  It will refuse “Registration “by a person who is not an adult !

Ø  It will enable users to “monetize “ their personal data  - if they wish

I once again urge you to read :

 Digital Dividend from Demographic Data                            [ 14 Feb 2019 ]

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24  Dec  2019

hcp@RecruitGuru.com