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Safeguarding Children in the Digital Age: Examining India's Cyber Laws and Child Protection Policies
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Author(s): Neeta Vaibhav Mhavan (MIT Art, Design, and Technology University, India)and Priya R. Singh (MIT Art, Design, and Technology University, India)
Copyright: 2026
Pages: 28
Source title:
Child Protection Laws and Crime in the Digital Era
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Romil Rawat (LabGeoInf-Research LABoratory in GEOmatics and INFormation systems, National Research Council in Italy, Rome, Italy), Sanjaya Kumar Sarangi (Utkal University, India), A. Samson Arun Raj (Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, India), Janet Olivia Richmond (Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, India)and Purvee Bhardwaj (Rabindranath Tagore University, India)
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3373-5132-2.ch013
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Abstract
We have Generation Alpha (Gen Alpha) and Generation Z (Gen Z) in schools and in higher education. They are digital natives from birth and are technologically advanced, digitally immersed, and globally connected. With use of technology come risks like cyber bullying, sextortion, online grooming, online sexual exploitation and abuse, phishing, online frauds targeting children, online gambling and identity theft. We cannot separate this generation from technology hence, Government of India has established a legal framework to safeguard children from cybercrimes. Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000, the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, and the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 are few such Indian laws to safeguard children. This chapter will critically examine the impact and effectiveness of India's cyber laws and child protection policies in ensuring online safety of children, comparing it with International child protection standards along with recommendations for strengthening India's legal framework to safeguard children.
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