Indore: New dimensions are being established day by day in information technology. While using information technology, work is being done to make the life of the common man easier, while people with criminal tendencies are playing with the lives of people by using these techniques. Incidents like financial fraud, bullying, motivating children to do wrong things, blackmailing, sexual abuse of children are happening every day. The main reason for this is the unsafe use of cyberspace. Under the “Cyber Awareness and Cyber Security” campaign being run by Additional Director General of Police Dr. Varun Kapoor IPS under the Black Ribbon Initiative to make people aware of cybercrime and to make them aware of the importance of cyber security. In the 558th workshop on 29th August at Arnold Higher Secondary School, Scheme No. 74C, Vijay Nagar, Indore, 295 students and 15 teachers were trained. In this workshop, the manager of the school, Father John Vakhla, Head Mistress Sister Sarita, Father Robert, program coordinator Dharmendra Verma and Arvind Panwar of Indore Post and Manoj Jadhav of the social organization “Mera Ward Mera Parivar” participated.
Addressing the children in the workshop, Dr. Kapoor said that every person is using internet but lack of knowledge and awareness of safety standards is seen. The dependence of children on the Internet is also increasing and they are spending a lot of their time every day on social sites Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and WhatsApp. Children are the easiest victims of cybercriminals as they are unaware of the cybercrimes that take place through these sites. The increasing incidence of cybercrime shows the lack of awareness among the people. Dr. Kapoor informed the children about cyber bullying, cyber stalking, phishing, cyber grooming and gaming etc.
Dr. Kapoor explained in detail about the precautions to be adopted in the use of the Internet and explaining the difference between social networking and communication, he said that we should be careful while forwarding any post like and share because social networking sites are malicious. Spreading rumors and hatred comes under the category of cybercrime. He encouraged the students to be careful and not to accept unknown phone calls/video calls and friend requests and to not install unnecessary apps and games to avoid phishing.
Dr. Kapoor resolved all the queries of the children during the workshop. The stage in the workshop was conducted by Father Robert. Harsh and Vaidehi, two students who excelled in the seminar were honored by Dr. Kapoor with certificates and golden badges. At the end of the program, a certificate and a memento were presented by Father John Vakhla to Dr. Varun Kapoor. Deputy Superintendent of Police Mr. Satyendra Ghanghoria IPS, Inspector Mrs. Poonam Rathore and their team members contributed significantly in the workshop.
