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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
Technology

SC asks Centre to treat PIL for supervisory mechanism against digital harms as representation

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to consider a representation seeking remedial measures to deal with serious forms of cybercrime, including threats of physical violence, disclosure of private information such as children's school locations and non-consensual intimate content.

A bench headed by chief justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana was hearing a PIL filed by Narendra Kumar Goswami, appearing in person, seeking the creation of an effective supervisory mechanism to address grave unlawful digital harms.

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