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Friday, April 10, 2026
TopicOnline safety

Topic: Online safety

Children can’t be monitored 24/7 anymore. Parents must focus on autonomy, safe spaces

YouTube Kids and online gaming is not as safe as parents think. Online predators lurk on these platforms. Parents must stay alert.

Tinder’s dating class at St. Xavier’s Mumbai is swiped right — consent, safety, relationships

Top-5 red flags include asking for intimate pics, making fun of a person’s beliefs, shutting oneself down, lack of empathy, and choosing to chat over the phone.

85% Indian kids have experienced cyberbullying, highest in the world, finds new survey

The McAfee Corp's report found the number of Indian children reported to have cyberbullied someone is also twice the international average.

Children’s online safety is in jeopardy. Smart toys with AI algorithms are a threat

Research suggests that the global market share of smart toys will grow by 26%. But their AI connectivity poses an ethical challenge.

A phone from makers of Pegasus spyware & other ways to protect your phone from hacking

There is no method that can fully guarantee that your phone will never be attacked by malware, but there are ways to strengthen your device protections.

Why paying hackers a ransom for your data isn’t the best idea

New Delhi: The pandemic year 2020 was unprecedented on many counts. Chief among them is how much of the world moved online entirely —...

No Google, we did not agree to share this information

More than a decade into era of prevalent social networks & smartphones, people still can’t make informed choices about how to safely conduct their lives online.

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Theaterisation proposal to be shared with defence ministry in a week or so—CDS Gen Anil Chauhan

Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.