Cyber Bullying

Delhi Cyber Crime, DCW take cognisance of boys who created Instagram group to exchange pictures of minor girls, pass lewd comments

The Delhi Commission for Women has issued a notice to Instagram and Delhi Police over 'bois locker room', a group chat made to share pictures of minor girls and make lewd comments. The Delhi Police Cyber Crime Cell has filed a case against the accused under relevant sections of the IT Act and other sections of the IPC

Should PUBG and other online video games be banned or regulated in India?

A PIL was recently filed in the Bombay HC calling for a ban on the popular video game, PUBG.

Teen girls twice as likely as boys to experience depression due to social media

Depression via social media is mainly due to online harassment, disturbed sleep and poor body image.

Internet Safety 101: How to protect yourself online from cyber crime, bullying and more

Online safety begins with awareness, and knowing the threat that sits behind your computer.

Cyber bullying: 21-year-old college going fisher woman trolled on social media

Kerala Union minister Alphons Kannanthanam has came out in support of a 21-year-old girl.

Hanan Hamid trolled for selling fish after college hours: Pinarayi Vijayan orders action after KJ Alphons defends Kerala student

Coming down heavily on the cyber bullying, Pinarayi Vijayan said that he was proud of Hanan Hamid and the government was with her.

Monica Lewinsky and #Metoo: Writer reflects on her choices, question of consent in Vanity Fair piece

Monica Lewinsky, writing for Vanity Fair on the 20th anniversary of the Ken Starr investigation, which uncovered her affair with President Bill Clinton, wrote about how she bumped into her old nemesis during Christmas Eve last year with her family and how her life has changed with the advent of the #MeToo movement.

Kerala: 18-yr-old law student receives threats over Facebook poem on menstruation, files complaint

An 18-year-old Keralite law student has complained of cyber bullying, allegedly by right wing groups, over a poem on her Facebook page about taboos attached to menstruation.

India's digital war: Surge in cyber crime rate highlights need for deeper scrutiny of medium's social, psychological threats

The increasing penetration of internet, number of cyber crime cases asks for a deeper scrutiny of social and psychological consequences posed by this medium

Facebook to fund digital safety ambassadors in schools to help UK tackle cyberbullying

Facebook’s head of global safety policy Antigone Davis said the social network had already developed safety features on the platform.