Digital Exploitation Of Children: Analysing Online Grooming, Cyberbullying, And The Role Of Indian Law
- IJLLR Journal
- Sep 19
- 1 min read
Divyanshi Yadav, Lovely Professional University, Punjab
ABSTRACT
Children are becoming increasingly vulnerable to acts of exploitation in cyberspace, with exploitation manifesting in considerably more nuanced forms of crime than traditional forms of abuse. There are laws like the POCSO and the IT Act in place addressing online pornography and abuse, but there are several areas of untouched digital exploitation worthy of exploration. These include how the dark web facilitates the production, distribution, and consumption of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), AI- enhanced grooming and manipulation, deepfake exploitation relating to minors, psychological tricks and manipulations used by offenders, jurisdictional issues when engaged in enforcement mechanisms across borders, and the ways in which children’s statutory protection laws are being misused. This paper examines these unique facets of the exploitation of children and analyses the readiness in India’s legal framework, compares with the approaches taken by other jurisdictions, and ultimately makes recommendations for reforms of laws that could be made to expand the rapidly waning gaps between technology and law.
