Category: Online Safety

FREEDOM FROM FEAR

Spotting fake news made easy: What every layman should know

INTRODUCTION In today's digital world, misinformation spreads faster than ever, especially with the rise of AI-generated images, deepfake videos, and misleading online content. Fake information now travels instantly through WhatsApp,...

Dealing with cyber bullying

Cyber bullying is bullying or harassment that happens through electronic media. It may be perpetuated through text messages, emails, gaming or social media platforms. In some cases, cyber bullying happens...

Harmful effects of gadget use on individuals

Recent statistics find that mobile phone users check their phones 81 times a day and spend an average of 4.9 hours on the device daily. [1] Younger users, particularly those...

Online Safety for Senior Citizens

In this era of digitalisation, the internet has become indispensable for everyday life. Like everyone else, senior citizens also use technology for many purposes, including socialising, financial transactions, ordering food...

Taking back control over the gadget

Simply defined, an addiction is when a person has a strong or compulsive physical or psychological need to use a particular thing or do a particular activity. Addictions cause physical...

Financial safety and reliable websites

Information on safely handling your finances is necessary to protect yourself against potential scams and frauds and to protect your assets. It is important to be aware of secure banking...

Online threats, Suicide and How to help

Online Threats, Suicide, and How to Help Every day, people make the difficult and extreme decision to end their lives, for varying reasons. According to the National Crime Records Bureau,...

Removing unconsensual images from the internet

How to remove an image from the internet in India The internet may seem like a vast space with countless opportunities but the truth is that even in this vast...

Warning signs of Online Abuse

Listed below are some points which could be a sign of children being threatened or bullied online : Any drastic change in usual behaviour. Lack of sleep. Loss of appetite....

On the ethical use of the internet

Internet use is tied closely to how we live our lives. So much so, that access to the internet has been declared a human right. And like all rights, one...