Sameena Nabi Lone, UILS, Chandigarh University
ABSTRACT
Media has entered in pretty much every sphere for our lives, associating us to both the nearby and worldwide regions. Most famous these days are web-based media stages or the social media sites. These have become the most favored platforms for sharing data, above all on glaring social issues. They have become an imperative wellspring of data, particularly for the more young age people. Subsequently, they make a glaring effect on young personalities.
Cybercrime has increased significantly with the popularity of social media and networking sites. With the headway of innovation, it has gotten crucial for the nation to focus on issues and order solid guidelines. Users, especially ladies and kids, are turning out to be progressively keen via web-based media, and they are succumbing to obscure people with whom they blend through their online enlisted profile. Regardless, the companion rundown or contact list contains some unknown people.
This is where the issue of the right to security and privacy sneaks in. Right to privacy is a principal right of each resident of India, deciphered by the Supreme court of India to get from Article 21 of the Constitution of India. The current issue is that of contending claims between firm backers of online media stages and individuals asserting a break of their right to privacy, at the command of web-based media stages, lauded as the right to speak freely and liberty of expression. This paper will concentrate on how safe it is to disclose personal information online, the crimes that occur, the concerns that arise, the laws governing social media privacy in India, and some recommendations for the development of such laws.
