Key points:
• The police have hired a company to monitor the internet searches and keep data of the people who search porn content and analyse it.
• The state has created a road map for digital outreach to the women called ‘Digital Chakravayuh’ (360 Degree Infosystem for Women’s Security).
To prevent incidents of eve-teasing, rapes and molestation, the Uttar Pradesh police have decided to monitor pornographic searches on the internet.
The police have hired a company to monitor the internet searches and keep data of the people who search porn content and analyse it.
As soon as a person surfs internet for pornographic or obscene content, the police will receive a message on the number 1090. In a press conference today, UP ADG Neera Rawat said that step is initiated to change the mentality of the people, thereby reducing the crime against women in the state with the help of new and advanced technology.
The state has created a road map for digital outreach to the women called ‘Digital Chakravayuh’ (360 Degree Infosystem for Women’s Security). Rawat added that it was initially launched a pilot project in just six districts, however now it will be implemented across the state. She also informed that the entire programme has been called ‘Humari Suraksha’ and it aims at reaching all the internet users in Uttar Pradesh. The scheme will be unfloded in proper sequence.
