Google on Thursday announced new initiatives, collaborations and grants to educate 700 million internet users in India about the issues and challenges they face due to cybercriminals and fraudulent imposters.
Google on Thursday announced new initiatives, collaborations and grants to educate 700 million internet users in India about the issues and challenges they face due to cybercriminals and fraudulent imposters.
The tech giant also said it removed more than 2,000 lending apps from the Play Store between January and August 2022 that violated standards and posed threats to potential users. These apps mainly targeted users inside the country. Meanwhile, Google also plans to make further policy changes to build an even stronger ecosystem against such apps.
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Google also launched a child safety toolkit in three languages; Hindi, Bengali and Tamil, to stop abusive content. It will then be rolled out in five more Indian languages. “Our current global partners use these technologies to collectively process billions of files each year, allowing them to assess millions of images and videos for abusive behavior,” Google said.
In its second edition of Safer with Google, it aims to improve the skills of more than 100,000 developers across India alongside the multi-lingual user awareness campaign on cyber security and its threats.
The company has also approved a grant of ₹16 crore to non-profit organizations that will enable women, micro-entrepreneurs, senior citizens and the LGBTQIA+ community to benefit from the internet.
With the highest percentage of online transactions in India, Google said it is now extremely important to understand and mitigate cyber fraud risks, especially for new users.