16 April 2012

Union home ministry puts cops on duty to net young cyber criminal

The Union home ministry has issued an unusual advisory for cops across the country-it has listed out various measures to reduce growing instances of cyber crime among minors..............

According to the advisory, "if any cyber cafe owner allows minors to surf porn sites or carry out other crimes, he could be arrested". It has mentioned the kinds of cyber crimes children have been found to indulge in, such as stalking, harassment, defamation, character assassination and sending threat emails...................

A case in point is that of a young boy from Kashmir who sent out a threat email following the Delhi high court blast. The email's origin was traced and the boy arrested. Then, around half a dozen minors were caught by Mumbai's cyber police for sending terror or threat emails to television channels claiming to be members of terror outfits or just as attention-seeking stunts. A 16-year-old was convicted in one such case in the city. 

There have been cases where school-going children have been found to have written derogatory remarks about their classmates on social-networking sites. Some minors have been found involved in identity theft, hacking of emails or accounts on social networking websites. Besides, there is unwanted exposure to sexually explicit material.....................
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