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    Reporting Online Abuse

    By Nyaaya | Online Abuse, Violence and Abuse | 6 comments | 2 August, 2019 | 1

    This post is also available in: ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)

    If you are a victim of online abuse or know someone being victimised, you must report it to the authorities. You can report online abuse in any of the following ways:

    Approaching the Police Station

    When you go to the police station to complain about a case of online abuse that you have faced, they will ask you to file an FIR. You should make sure you give all the information you know about incident and abuse that you have faced.

    Cyber Cell

    Cyber Cells are present in every state and some police stations may have a unit designated to work on cyber crimes. These cells or units will look into and help you out in cases of online violence such as online stalking, hacking, etc. In many states, you can file a complaint online through the website of the cyber cell. For instance, for Delhi, you can file an online complaint here.

    If you want to file a complaint, you will have to either:

    • File a complaint online with your respective state’s Cyber Cell website or
    • Approach the police station where you will have to file an FIR which will be forwarded to the Cyber Cell.

    Complaint Portals

     

    Online Crime Reporting Portal

    You can also lodge a complaint by using the Ministry of Home Affairs’ Online Crime Reporting Portal. You may be redirected to a specific State Government’s website to register a complaint.

    Register a complaint in the section “Services for Citizen”, and click on “Report a Cyber Crime ”. Here, you can provide information about the offender, the victim, and the incident along with any supporting evidence, such as screenshots. You can report anonymously or with identification, and you can track your complaint as well. 

    Cyber Crime Reporting Portal

    You can also directly file a complaint on the Cyber Crime Reporting Portal. Complaints can also be made anonymously.  You can complain against various cybercrimes by selecting the option ‘Report Cyber Crime Related to Women/Child’ or ‘Report Other Cyber Crime’. You must login and create an account and select “Report and Track” if you wish to track your complaint.

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      Ananya Mishra Log in to Reply September 7, 2020 at 5:35 pm

      This is Ananya Mishra from berhampur odisha. I am a phd student in life science. A boy named [Name Delete], phone no-[Mobile Number Deleted] continously harass me on whatsapp and facebook since april 2020. I don’t know this guy personally. He is no one to me. He threats me and my family, messages on my mother’s phone no in slang and offensive languages regularly.
      Kindly take immediate action on this.

      Thanking You
      Regards
      Ananya Mishra
      PhD Life Science, Bhubaneswar

      • Nyaaya
        Nyaaya Log in to Reply January 12, 2021 at 3:04 pm

        In this situation, you can approach the relevant authorities and file a complaint.
        Online threats of causing physical injury or harassment can be intimidating, and is considered a crime. In legal terms, this is called criminal intimidation, and it is punishable with jail time up to two years or a fine or both.
        Further, if someone uses abusive language against you, that person can be punished under the law. The abusive language should:
        Relate to a feeling or revealing of a sexual interest or sexual desire against you; or
        Relate to any excessive interest in sexual matters; or
        Relate to content which would deprave or corrupt you if you read or saw it online, like pornography.
        The punishment for the first conviction is jail time up to three years and a fine up to five lakhs, and for the second conviction, a jail term which may extend to five years and a fine up to ten lakhs.

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      Deepa Sen Log in to Reply October 16, 2020 at 10:24 am

      Is it necessary that I have to complain about cyber abuse in police station?
      Is there any help line number?
      Someone send me very chep and vulgar words on instagram.
      My family is knowing about my Instagram id.
      But I didn’t tell them that last evening i.e 15 October 2020 , somebody message me like this…
      He also send me a picture of his own private part.
      I abused him back. I have used such a vulgar words before in my life. I’m scared to tell about this to my parents.
      From same id he use vulgar words with my best friend mamta too…
      She is also scared.
      I can send you the screen shot of chatting
      That he has send last evening.
      Please keep thus secret
      Because we are feared.

      • Nyaaya
        Nyaaya Log in to Reply January 22, 2021 at 1:03 pm

        You can complain about online abuse to the police, cyber cells and online crime reporting portals. To know more, read here.
        If someone uses abusive language against you online, that person can be punished under the law. The abusive language should:
        1. Relate to a feeling or reveal a sexual interest or sexual desire against you or;
        2. Relate to any excessive interest in sexual matters or;
        3. Relate to content which would deprave or corrupt you, if you read or saw it online, like pornography.
        The punishment for the first conviction is jail time up to three years and a fine up to five lakhs and for the second conviction, a jail term which may extend to five years and a fine up to ten lakhs.
        Further, if someone publishes or distributes obscene material online, it is considered a crime. This is punishable with jail time of up to three years and a fine of up to five lakhs on first conviction, and jail time of up to five years and a fine of up to ten lakhs upon any subsequent conviction.

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      Shashank Log in to Reply December 10, 2020 at 12:19 am

      Hello sir,
      [Mobile Number Deleted] mobile number is sending me abuse msg and had clicked my personal video and again and asking me for money and saying if didn’t pay they will leak my video there google pay number[ Mobile Number Deleted]. There should be a strick action against them I am also attaching screen shot of chat and video

      • Nyaaya
        Nyaaya Log in to Reply January 12, 2021 at 3:03 pm

        If you get anonymous threats online or you are blackmailed online, you can file a complaint with the cyber cell. To file a complaint, it is not necessary to know who is responsible for the crime. You should try and tell the police whatever you know, but you don’t have to know all the details. The person threatening or blackmailing you may be punished with jail time up to seven years or a fine or both.

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