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New cyber control hub to check porn, online trolls

 The Rs 400-crore state-of-the-art centre, Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (IC4), is being set up to tackle all kinds of cyber crime, including child pornography and online abuse.

“The work on IC4 is going on. Once ready, it will deal with cyber crimes like child pornography and online trolling with priority,” a Home Ministry official said.

Key objectives of IC4 are  to act as a nodal point in the fight against cyber crime and as an early warning system for law enforcement agencies with active cyber crime monitoring.

It will also set up an open platform for victims to lodge cyber crime complaints, besides support and coordinate electronic investigation of cyber crime and assist the law enforcement agencies in the investigation process.

According to an official estimate, there has been around 40 per cent annual increase in cyber crimes registered in the country during the past two-three years. The Supreme Court too had pulled up the government for not doing much to check child pornography.

The government has taken a note of the issue of child pornography and has asked Internet service providers to block over 800 sites, with such content.  The IC4 is being set up, following the recommendations of an expert committee constituted to prepare a roadmap for effectively tackling cyber crime in the country.

According to the committee’s recommendations, there is a need to drastically reduce the crime against children and women, especially online abuse. 

“These kind of content and websites need to be monitored and blocked. The supporting laws need to be strengthened, parents need to be educated to monitor children’s activities in cyber space and educate them about good cyber behaviour,” the committee suggested.

The panel found that India lacked centralised online reporting mechanism and skilled cyber professionals, besides inadequate infrastructure for cyber crime monitoring and investigation.
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