Today, on MISSING, we examine the subject of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM). On this episode, we have Sebastian Edassery, the Director & Chief Security Officer at Deloitte, South Asia, who is also associated with organisations like Interpol, the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (ICMEC), and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and Dr. Debarati Halder, an advocate, award winning author, speaker, cyber crime victim counsellor and professor of law. They explain what CSAM actually is, share first-hand experiences, discuss legal provisions for CSAM-related crimes, question whether India is the CSAM capital of the world or not, and advise what families, schools, the judiciary, and law enforcement can do to make the internet a safer place for children.

Trigger Warning: Please note, this episode contains themes and depictions of human trafficking that may be disturbing to listeners. Listener discretion is advised.

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CREDITS:

A podcast series by the Missing Link Trust

Host and Executive Producer: Leena Kejriwal

Opening Story Narrated by Abish Mathew

Writers: Mae Mariyam Thomas, Niranjana Sivaram, Devleena Chakraborty & Husein Haveliwala 

This is a Maed in India production.

Audio Engineer & Editor - Kartik Kulkarni

Producer - Mae Mariyam Thomas

Assistant Producer - Husein Haveliwala

Show Artwork - Alika Gupta

Episode Artwork - Bhaswati Bose