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Cybercrimes targeting Children, Part – 2

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From last week, I have been writing about various cybercrimes targeting children, and had discussed in brief Cyber bullying, Cyber grooming and Sexting cybercrimes, Please check my previous article to read about them. In today’s article I will be talking about how one can protect self from such crime for child and parents, and finally what are the legal and other remedies or next steps for the victim and parents.

In the digital age, children are exposed to a vast amount of technology and the internet, making them vulnerable to cybercrime. Children are more vulnerable than adults when it comes to cybercrimes because they may not understand the risks of giving out personal information on social media sites, downloading unknown apps, or sharing too much personal information in chat rooms. According to the FBI Internet Crime Center reports (2015-2022), there were nearly 20% more child victims of cybercrime in 2022 than the year prior. To put this into perspective, 7 children per day faced online exploitation in 2022. In India, as per a news paper report there has been a 15 times in increase in last five years (88 in 2017 to 1376 in 2021) in cybercrime reports against children.

How to protect oneself from such crime for children :-

How to protect your children from such cybercrimes for parents :-

If your child is a victim of such fraud :-

Immediately file a complaint by contacting Cyber Helpline number 1930 or on their website www.cybercrime.gov.in or visit a child crime specific police station and file a FIR and take their advice. Next take a backup of all the conversations and any other incrementing details as they will be needed as evidence for convicting the culprit. Also if you feel that your financial information has been compromised, then call your bank and block your cards and change passwords/pins to such accounts.

Remedies available to the victim legally in India :-

You can register a criminal case at your nearest cyber or children specific or regular police station, under the following legal sections or the Act as per sections prescribed by the police based on your case :

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