New Delhi, Aug 10: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issued a directive to all TV channels asking them to guard against revealing the identity of children who are victims of certain crime or that of juveniles in conflict with the law. The ministry said in a statement that the National Commission on Protection of Child Rights has set directives and a set of protocols to the entire print and electronic media.
These rules ask the media to refrain from publishing the names, pictures, the home address, school address and other parameters of the identity of such children. The Ministry said, the disclosure of identity of children only tends to affect the social and mental health of the kids during their crucial stage of development.
