Cyber Crime and Its Impact on Teenagers

Cyber Crime and its impact on teenagers
In today’s life, the necessity of internet cannot be undermined. People are totally dependent on the internet for a million reasons – which might be an under-estimate.
The internet is growing rapidly by the day. It has given rise to opportunities in various fields – entertainment, banking, business, education and many more to list down. However, with increase in technology and development of the internet, the world has become exposed to the disadvantages of internet. This article – as the title suggests – discusses cyber crime and its effect on teenagers.
To start with, what is cyber crime?
Cyber crime is a form of crime where the Internet or computers are used as a medium to commit crime. Over the past decade, Issues surrounding this type of crime have become high-profile, particularly those surrounding hacking, copyright infringement, theft and many more.
With the coming up of many social networking sites like Facebook, Myspace, Orkut, etc, cyber crime has had an adverse effect on teenagers. Just as a coin that has two sides, some teenagers have become more conscious whereas others have been influenced to commit cyber crime themselves.
A major mystery in the impact of cyber crime on teenagers is the Adnan Patrawala case – a story of a 16 year old from Mumbai who lost his life through Orkut. He was befriended by young men and was kidnapped and strangled to death on August 19th, 2007 by two teenagers.

Thus, to reach a conclusion, it can be said that teenagers need to be educated on cyber crime and it’s various aspects so cyber crime can be reduced and fought.