Question 4303

In Oct 2020, Chief Minister of which state has launched a month-long CyberSafety' campaign to raise awareness on cybercrimes and safety, particularly among the youth?

Answer

Assam

Why?

The correct answer is Assam A month-long “cybersafety” awareness campaign targeting youngsters has been launched in Assam by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on the occasion of the foundation day of the Assam Police on October 1. The 'CyberSafety' campaign will be jointly conducted by the Assam Police and cyber-security think tank Cyber Peace Foundation (CPF). The campaign will focus on major aspects of cyber safety through programmes on digital platforms, webinars, radio campaigns and activities targeted at people of various age groups, particularly school-going children. The programmes will be hosted on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. It will focus on emerging areas of cybercrime awareness with various aspects of new-age cyber frauds (telephone and financial frauds), identity theft crimes (phishing and vishing) and malware detection.