Take note: Mumbai Police tweets perfect warning to sexual harassers online
A step in the right direction
A step in the right direction.
Mumbai Police is taking strict measures to promote cyber safety and discourage online harassers by celebrating Cyber Safety Week from January 18 to January 24.
As part of its promotion, the official handle of the Commissioner of Police has taken to Twitter to warn cyber harassers through perfectly-worded tweets and puns.
Facilitating mobility: Mobile app for reporting harassment soon
The account tweeted the perfect warning for creepy 'frandshippers':
It has since been retweeted around 2,700 times and has collected 1,700 likes. Citizens have been appreciating the police's effort to promote a safe cyberspace.
These measure are being taken to ensure online safety for all net users. According to the Deccan Herald, Tweens, Teens and Technology 2014 Report by McAfee claims that 50% of the Indian youth have experienced some form of cyber-bullying (been cyber-bullied online or witnessed others being so treated), out of which one-third (36%) have been victim to cyber-bullying.
It added that of them, 33% said they have witnessed cyber-bullying of others, 46% said victims deleted their social media accounts and 42% said victims became less social, underscoring its significant emotional impact.
It comes as no surprise that the government decided to take control and implement laws to counter this issue.
Here's a list of other clever tweets from the Mumbai Police:
FIA arrests student for harassing girl on Facebook
Kudos to the Mumbai Police! Here's hoping we can have a similar movement in Pakistan too.
As part of its promotion, the official handle of the Commissioner of Police has taken to Twitter to warn cyber harassers through perfectly-worded tweets and puns.
Facilitating mobility: Mobile app for reporting harassment soon
The account tweeted the perfect warning for creepy 'frandshippers':
It has since been retweeted around 2,700 times and has collected 1,700 likes. Citizens have been appreciating the police's effort to promote a safe cyberspace.
These measure are being taken to ensure online safety for all net users. According to the Deccan Herald, Tweens, Teens and Technology 2014 Report by McAfee claims that 50% of the Indian youth have experienced some form of cyber-bullying (been cyber-bullied online or witnessed others being so treated), out of which one-third (36%) have been victim to cyber-bullying.
It added that of them, 33% said they have witnessed cyber-bullying of others, 46% said victims deleted their social media accounts and 42% said victims became less social, underscoring its significant emotional impact.
It comes as no surprise that the government decided to take control and implement laws to counter this issue.
Here's a list of other clever tweets from the Mumbai Police:
FIA arrests student for harassing girl on Facebook
Kudos to the Mumbai Police! Here's hoping we can have a similar movement in Pakistan too.