Cyberbullies crash into online classes: NCERT tells you how to protect children | Chandigarh News

CHANDIGARH: Glued to the computer screen more than ever because of the lockdown and e-school, children are at their greatest risk of encountering cybercriminals. The risk has enhanced nowadays, with the opening of offices, while schools remain closed. Many children are home alone with the internet, hence the need to reiterate cyber-security guidelines.

TOI takes a look at advice from the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) to contain cyberbullying, a crime that includes sending, posting, or sharing negative, harmful, false or mean information and content about someone. This serious offence is punishable under cyber laws.

Cyberbullying covers nasty comments on posts or posts about someone, creating a fake profile in someone’s name to defame the target, sending threatening or abusive messages online or on mobile phone, excluding someone from online groups and forums for wrong reasons, and uploading embarrassing photographs without the subject’s permission.

It covers rumours and lies about someone on a website, stealing people’s account password, and sending them unwanted/inappropriate messages. Offensive chat is also cyberbullying.