The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has summoned Twitter India and Delhi Police officers over alleged movies of kid pornography and rape being shared on the social media platform. DCW took suo moto cognizance of a number of alleged tweets on the social media platform Twitter displaying baby pornography.

“Videos of child pornography were shared on Twitter and were sold for Rs. 20. Twitter is yet to delete them and report it further. We have summoned the head of Twitter India and have sought a report. We have also summoned Delhi Police and have sought immediate action,” DCW chief Swati Maliwal informed ANI.

DCW stated these tweets are brazenly depicting movies and images of sexual acts involving kids.

In its letter to Twitter India and Delhi Police, the Commission stated, “Some of the twitter accounts engaging in these criminal acts appear to be running a racket wherein they seek money for providing pornographic and rape videos of children and women from other users of the social media platform,” stated DCW.

The Commission claimed there seems to be a whole lot of such objectionable movies on the social media platform that are brazenly displaying baby pornography and rape movies of ladies and youngsters.

DCW stated it’s deeply distressing that such unlawful acts involving sexual abuse of kids and younger ladies are being publicised brazenly by way of the social media platform Twitter.

The Commission stated it needs to determine the steps being taken by Twitter to stop such “filthy and outrightly criminal acts” being propagated by way of its medium in addition to the programs in place within the platform to instantly report the identical to legislation enforcement businesses.

“Now therefore you are hereby summoned to appear before the Commission for the purpose aforementioned on September 26. If you fail to comply with this order without lawful excuse, you will be subjected to the consequences of non-attendance as provided in law,” acknowledged DCW.