Mangaluru, December 9: Intercollegiate paper presentation competition on ‘Youth in prevention of cyber crime’ was organized at School of Social Work, Roshni Nilaya here on Tuesday December 8th. The event was organized by the Commissionerate of Mangaluru in association with Mangaluru South police station and School of Social Work, Roshini Nilaya.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (law and order) Dr Sanjeev M Patil addressed the students and said, today all sorts of content is received through social networking media like Whatsapp. If it is a provocative post or explicit content, kindly do not forward it, since it may hurt the sentiments of any individual or community. Instead, try to inform the closest police station about it. If you forward such contents, you might land in prison for various offences, said the DCP.
He said, about Rs 29 lakh crore a year worldwide is spent on dealing with cyber crime. One has to be careful while using ATM card for shopping online or at shops.
Dr Laxminarayana Bhat P, the registrar of the college presided over the event and said, while posting any content on the internet or social network, one has to be very careful as it may be misused.
On this occasion, Dr Jacintha – Former principal of the college, Dinakar Shetty- sub-inspector of Mangaluru south police station and others were present.
Students from various colleges presented their research papers on cyber crime.
