Project Responsible Netism was established by Ahaan Foundation, who invited us for a two day online workshop on “Building Digital Rakshak” in the month of August, 2023. Two members from STOP, namely Smritikana Ghosh Paul and Narayani Bhattacharya, participated actively in this event. On the first day, introduction to cybercrime, especially sextortion against children, internet addiction, its psychological impacts, remedies, and how online games affect children and their guardians were deliberated upon. Numerous participants gave their inputs by pitching in incidents of cybercrime their children had faced, especially during Covid. On the second day, Cyber Laws, Psychological and Emotional assistances provided holistically for the affected child and his family, as well as technical tips to secure devices and platforms were discussed in detail. It ended with an activity where the audience gave their opinions on how to tackle myriad hypothetical cases on cybercrime against children.
