Digital Shadows: Unravelling Cyber Crime Against Society In India

Nikita Begum Talukdar, Assistant Professor, Senior Scale, SOL, UPES, Dehradun, Uttarakhand.

ABSTRACT

Over the last ten or so years, cybercrime has gained more and more attention from people in a variety of backgrounds. Because society depends more and more on computer networks, we are more susceptible to the malfunctions and abuses of those systems. For those who study crime and deviance, such as criminologists and sociologists, the rise of cybercrime raises challenging issues. These academic fields have developed theories and explanations of crime based on presumptions (about who, what, where, and other factors) derived from crimes committed on land.

In this paper we will discuss the various cyber crimes which is against the society like cyber pornography, online gambling, cyber terrorism and the laws relating to it. We will also discuss the relevant case laws relating to the subject and the ways to report and prevent cyber crimes in the society.

Keywords: Online gambling, Cyber Crime, Cyber pornography, Child pornography.