The ones who are organised only report regarding porn etc.”Interestingly, these vigilante groups are mostly made of mothers, who want to see offenders brought to justice.A creepy NRI banker was recently arrested for grooming a child for months after a UK-based group of online vigilantes, called the Internet Interceptors, posed as a vulnerable child in a chatroom and waited for Indian origin Balachandran Kavungalparam-bath before exposing him publicly. to IWF (Internet Watch Foundation) but do not take up such extensive decoy operations like Internet Interceptors,” says Sunitha.The Law says Section 11 (vi) of The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) provides that a person who entices a child for pornographic purposes or gratification with sexual intent is said to commit sexual harassment upon a child, when such person “repeatedly or constantly follows or watches or contacts a child either directly or through electronic, digital or any other means” with sexual intent. The Constitution of every country empowers law enforcement agencies with the responsibility of maintaining peace and decorum in society. We do have such vigilantes in India too but they are not an organised group.Talking to us, Internet Interceptors confirms that the team is well-equipped and well-versed in setting up traps to catch sick paedophiles online. In the last one year, we have solved over 100 cases.Section 67B(c) of Information Technology Act, 2008 also punishes the enticement of children in an online relationship with the purpose of publishing or transmitting of material depicting children in sexually explicit acts in electronic form. We need to strengthen them and create a functional intelligence in cyber space. Sunitha Krishnan, social activist and chief functionary and co-founder of Prajwala, a non-governmental organisation that rescues, rehabilitates and reintegrates sex-trafficked victims into society, argues such vigilantism will only rise, if people sense that the authorities may not take adequate action. We film their encounters and contact the police to make an arrest. We put our decoy as a customer and then make a demand. With high-profile rape or sexual assault cases, Internet vigilantism can dramatically change the consequences for offenders,” says Sandeep Mudalkar, who works with the cyber crime of police department and China Microfiber Bath Mats for sale CEO and founder of Sytech Labs. She adds, “The need of the hour is a public-private partnership to make our virtual space safe for all of us.. “As with ‘real-time’ vigilantism, many cases of Internet vigilantism are a response to particularly objectionable crimes involving murder, injury or sexual assault. “While the intentions of these vigilantes may be to do good, there is a set procedure for law enforcement.”Internet vigilantism raises questions about the role of the citizen in a modern, digitised society. “As long as we do not have a robust cyber intelligence wing in our law enforcement mechanism, such vigilantism is the only way out.“We have been doing this to curb sex trafficking on a daily basis as the entire business is online. In India, our cyber cells are poorly equipped and the officers are inadequately trained.” When asked if her organisation would take on such sting operations, she says, “No. The rise of paedophile hunters, whose mission is to make the Internet a safer place for children, is on the rise in the West, but it’s also slowly catching up in Asia, particularly in India. That’s how we work. But the existing cyber cells are weak. In this case, we also spoke to the guy’s wife and she hung up after listening to us,” they share. “We have done over 100 stings. It’s a very skilled job and requires intensive collaboration with the cyber cell