A council of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported to Gov. Yuriko Koike on Tuesday that the metropolis should ban and penalize the act of encouraging children to send selfies online to protect them from falling prey to child pornography.
The metropolitan government will begin the process of amending a relevant ordinance after consulting with the central government about the details of the envisioned penalties. It would be the first ordinance in the country that bans selfie solicitations, according to the local government.
"Once an image gets circulated on the internet, it will be unrecoverable. I want to tackle the ordinance amendment without delay," Koike said upon receiving the report.