NEW DELHI: The IT Ministry is coming with a special website and volunteers to report crimes, aimed at cracking down on cyber criminals after receiving complaints, including harassment on social media. This is a mechanism for those who do not want to go to court to lodge complaints. This is as per the IT Act of 2000.

This will be launched on an experimental basis in Jammu and Kashmir and Tripura. The central government had launched a portal in 2019 to provide security in cyberspace for women and children. Immediate grievance redressal is behind done there.

According to the 2019 National Crime Record, more than one lakh complaints were received during 2016-19. Most cases are in Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, Assam and Delhi.

• You can complain about all the cyber crimes like posting, sharing and commenting on messages and videos that offend others.
• Complaint should be lodged within 48 hours.
• Volunteers are recruited by the Indian Cyber ​​Crime Coordination Center under the Ministry of Home Affairs.
• Those interested in volunteering can register on the Home Ministry portal.
• Volunteers are required to locate and report child pornography, sexual harassment, and terrorist activity - anti-national posts.