New Delhi: Cybercrime against children registered a growth of over 400 percent in 2020 as compared to 2019, most of which stemmed from the publication or transmission of material depicting children in sexual acts. are related. This information has come to the fore in the latest data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
Uttar Pradesh (170), Karnataka (144), Maharashtra (137), Kerala (107), and Odisha (71) are among the top five states for cyber crimes against children, according to NCRB data. A total of 842 cases of online crimes against children were reported in 2020, according to the Bureau’s data, of which 738 were related to publishing or disseminating material depicting children in sexual acts.
The NCRB data for 2020 shows that there has been an increase of over 400 percent in cyber crimes against children (registered under the Information Technology Act) as compared to 2019. According to this, 164 cases of cyber crimes against children were registered in 2019, while in 2018 117 cases of cyber crimes against children were reported. Earlier in 2017, 79 such cases were registered.
Puja Marwah, chief executive officer of the NGO ‘Cry-Child Rights and You’, says that children are also facing many kinds of risks while spending more time on the internet to get the education and access other communication purposes. . They say that children especially spend more time on the Internet for studies, especially online sexual abuse, exchanging obscene messages, exposure to pornography, sexual abuse material, cyber-bullying and online harassment among much other privacy. – are facing risks.
She said, “While there is little evidence to ascertain the impact of the measures taken to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, online abuse, and exploitation of children, the closure of schools and the more frequent use of children on the Internet. It can have serious adverse effects on them because of the time spent.”
