Kerala Police to set up digital de-addiction centres to keep children off online games, porn
India Today
In a bid to keep children away from online games and porn, the Kerala Police will set up digital de-addiction centres in the state.
The Kerala Police will set up digital de-addiction centres, D-Dad, to help children who are facing severe porn and online games addiction. The project is expected to be live in two months.
The pilot submitted by the police for the project has been approved by the state government. It will be first implemented in Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Thrissur and Kozhikode.
An allocation of Rs 1.30 crore has been made by the state government for starting the project in these four places.
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The students will be counselled both online and offline. Depending on the case, those who need more support will be offered offline counselling at the various district centres. This is the first time anywhere in the country the police have come up with a digital de-addiction programme.
The project is a result of frantic panicked calls from parents to the police seeking aid. Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Manoj Abraham, said that the police took the lead to design such a project as it is getting hundreds of frantic calls from worried parents in each police station, seeking help to save their children from online games and porn sites.
He added that the police is in touch with IT companies about developing suitable software for the project.
