MeitY Issues Standard Operating Procedure to Curtail Dissemination of Non-Consensual Intimate Imagery (NCII) Content

Key Points

1. MeitY released a Standard Operating Procedure (SoP) to address Non-Consensual Intimate Imagery (NCII) content.
2. The SoP mandates takedown of NCII content within 24 hours of reporting.
3. The initiative complies with Madras High Court directions (Writ Petition - Civil No.25017/2025, Order dated 15.07.2025).
4. Victims can report NCII content through One Stop Centres (OSCs), intermediaries, NCRP, or Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs).
5. Significant Social Media Intermediaries (SSMIs) must use hash-matching and crawler technologies to prevent reappearance of NCII content.
6. The Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) acts as the central aggregator for NCII complaints.