India demands YouTube, others to guarantee no child abuse content on platforms
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The government of India said in a statement on Friday that it has asked YouTube, owned by Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL), as well as Telegram and X, which used to be known as Twitter, to guarantee there is no child sexual abuse content on their respective platforms.

If the companies do not comply with the mandate, they could have their legal liability protections removed, the government added.
"If they do not act swiftly, their safe harbor under section 79 of the IT Act would be withdrawn and consequences under the Indian law will follow," Rajeev Chandrashekhar, the country's Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Electronics and Information Technology, said in the statement.
YouTube, X and Telegram did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Seeking Alpha.


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