Our lives now exist both online and offline. A major part of our social lives, work, and financial transactions takes place in digital spaces, and harm in these spaces is just as real.
Cybercrime includes any online act that violates your safety, privacy, finances, or identity. If someone creates a fake profile in your name, leaks your photos, hacks your account, steals your personal information, uses deepfakes to distort your image, commits UPI fraud, or carries out unlawful money transfers, all of these acts are considered cybercrime in India.
Many people may not realise that these everyday harms are legally recognised, but naming them is the first step toward seeking justice. In the next segment, we will break down the specific laws you can use to address such offences.
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Ithumwui mirin ara online kala offline ringphok haira. Ngasotnao li khangahan, lan kaphei, pheisa kashok kazang katongkha online eina saphoksarhaira, chiwuivang khayon khamang online einala shok paiya.
Cyber cime kachi hi online eina nali mina khayon khamanag kasa chili hoya.
Nawui aming singlakha online li na sakharek, nana matheila nawui ama mili yaokazat, nawui online account mi kateina singmikahai, deepfake (Artificial intelligence) sing lakha na sakharek, nawui pheisa online eina khali— hi katongkha cybercimeli zang kahaina.
Ithumwui mirinli hikatha shokkapai khayon khamang wui vangla ain leiya da makatheila kachungkha leisapaiya, kha hi yonna da kathei hina pheikar khare na.
Na kala ina theikharan cybercrime wui ain hi mathang-mathang yang ngarumsa.
(This article is part of the series Understanding the Law, Accessing Justice (Ain phapkata eina mashun samkaphang). Since this series challenges the exclusivity of legal language, it will also include Tangkhul translations. As a Tangkhul writer, I believe if legal knowledge is meant for everyone, it must be available in the languages people think, feel, and navigate life in. Accessibility cannot be preached without being practiced.)