Cybercrimes

The 'Bois Locker Room' case (March 5) has given rise to a series of questions in my mind about the increasing rate of cybercrimes in India. Internet has become a part of our day to day life. With the advancement in technology, we are becoming more and more dependent on internet. But, this has also led to some serious consequences, with each and every person from teenager to adult are now having access to the internet, it has also led to the growth of various cybercrimes like cyber stalking which is more seen in case of social media platforms. Another crime is unauthorized access to another person's account or hacking. According to a report published by the National Crime Records Bureau, Maharashtra has emerged as the centre of cybercrimes with maximum number of incidence of registered cases under cybercrimes. Accordingly, most of the offenders arrested for cybercrimes were in the age group of 18-30 years, which leads to another question that is, shouldn't the internet have some strict restrictions considering the age of the user? As there are no practical restrictions on the internet which is why, anyone can almost access to anything through the web.

This has become a serious issue in our country in recent times as people have been falling victims to cybercrimes at an alarming rate, which have resulted in disastrous outcomes like suicides, abuses etc, mostly among the teenagers. According to me, the government of our country should set up agencies for combating cybercrimes, just like the United States did by establishing the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Only then, we can hope for some positive outcomes.

Internet is a tool built for the good of mankind but it's misuse can lead to chaos in our society. So, one should be always careful while using it.

Dibyajyoti Brahma,

Cotton University  

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