Guwahati, April 8 -- From online recruitment by militant groups to web addiction, the digital world poses various challenges for youngsters, and parents can help them navigate these by staying updated, Assam DGP Harmeet Singh said on Monday. He underlined the importance of parents 'communicating' with their wards and also monitoring their online activities so that children do not fall prey to the dark side of the internet.

Singh was delivering the keynote address at a National Dialogue on Children's Rights on the Internet, 'Infantia', hosted by Assam Police here. He maintained that the internet entered children's lives especially during COVID-19 when most of the activities had gone online, from classes to family gatherings. "Adults came ...