To deal with cybercrimes such as financial frauds, circulation of communal and pornographic contents, the Union Home Ministry set up an apex coordination centre in 2018. It was inaugurated in 2020.
It would coordinate with State governments and Union Territories, and closely monitor the cyberspace and social media with due emphasis on vernacular content.
The centre would also block those websites which flout India’s laws and circulate child porn, and communally and racially sensitive content.
In June 2020, on the recommendation of I4C, the Government of India banned 59 Chinese origin mobile apps.
