The Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India has come out with a
booklet on cyber safety for teenagers titled “A Hand Book for Adolescents /
Students on Cyber Safety” keeping in mind the increased use of smart phones and
other internet of things (IoT) by teenagers and students and the various
incidents of cyber bullying, cyber grooming, email fraud and dangerous games
like blue whale etc.
The booklet also explains various
kinds of cyber crimes like identity theft, job fraud, email spoofing and how
children can overcome them.
It advises teenagers against accepting friend requests from unknown
people on social media.
The Home Ministry last year set up a Cyber and Information Security
division to check the rapid growth of cyber crimes and cyber threats. It now
aims to introduce the cyber crime handbook in schools as a component of the
school curriculum.
This hand book also describes about online gaming frauds, online
transaction frauds and safeguard for social networking profiles etc.
The 38 page booklet that is available online on the ministries website
is prepared in consultation with cyber crime experts. It is a good steps towards
making awareness to the teenagers and students about the traps in the internet
world and how to be secure.
This hand book is beneficial for others also.
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