A STUDY ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND ITS ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE SOCIETY

AUTHORS – MADHUMITHA & VEERA ABINESH KUMAR, SAVEETHA SCHOOL OF LAW, SAVEETHA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND TECHNICAL SCIENCES (SIMATS)

BEST CITATION – MADHUMITHA & VEERA ABINESH KUMAR, A STUDY ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND ITS ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE SOCIETY, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 4 (2) OF 2024, PG. 106-118, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.

ABSTRACT

Child pornography is the electronic publication and transmission of obscene material of children. Child pornography has increased in recent years due to its easy access to the internet and readily available videos on the internet. Child pornography is the most vicious crime that occurs and has led to a variety of other crimes, including sex trips and child sexual abuse. The development of child pornography is driven by  two main factors. It is the introduction and availability of home video, video, digital cameras, computers, and software that make child pornography production relatively inexpensive, and secondly the development of internet technology. This has made the  production and distribution of this material surprisingly high. The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 focuses on the crimes of sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children through stringent legal provisions and POCSO e- box is developed which is an online complaint management system for easy compliance and direct reporting of sexual offences against children. The aim of this research is to analyse the impact of watching child pornographic videos among adolescents. The researcher has followed empirical research and a convenient sampling method. A total of 200 samples have been collected. The results show that watching child pornographic videos among adolescents have an adverse impact on thier sexual behaviour and it also affect their relationship with others.

KEYWORDS – Child pornography, Internet, technology, child sexual abuse, POCSO Act