Google To Report Child Abuse Content Directly To India Amid Crackdown

Google said on Monday it has agreed to report content flagged as child sexual abuse material (CSAM) to Indian authorities, breaking from a global practice under which such reports are first routed through a U.S. non-profit.The decision follows a similar announcement by Meta last week. It comes after two Indian government sources told Reuters they had, in recent weeks, pressed tech companies like Google and Microsoft to report child abuse content concerning India directly, given concerns that the existing system delays reports significantly.A Google spokesperson said the company "invests significantly to detect, deter, remove, and report child sexual abuse material," and described the proposal as part of the company's "ongoing discussions with the government of India."India is the largest market by users for both Meta's Facebook and Google's YouTube, and Meta's own shift followed weeks of friction with the government, including an apology last month by CEO Mark Zuckerberg over…