15-Year-Old Girl's Parents Suffer Heart Attacks After She Posts Nude Selfies On Social Media

The parents of a 15-year-old girl suffered heart attacks after learning that she was posting her nude photos on social media and also instigating her cousins to do the same.

The incident took place in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. The girl’s parents gave her a new phone for her online classes during the COVID-19 pandemic and also a separate room so that she could study properly. The teen, however, started clicking nude selfies and posting them on social media, The Times of India reported Sunday.

Her parents learnt about it from their relatives who also told them that not only was she posting her photos and videos on social media but also instigating her cousins to take to social media and post content similar to hers. Upon hearing this, her parents suffered heart attacks and were hospitalized. The exact date of the incident was not known.

As they recovered from the attacks, the teen continued posting her nude photos on social media. The parents then alerted counsellors about it, who decided to talk to the girl and make her aware that what she was doing was a violation of cybercrime, Latestly reported.

Following counseling sessions, the teen deleted all her inappropriate photos and videos from her social media account. She told the counsellors that she would only use the mobile phone in front of her parents and for studies. She doesn’t face any charges as counselors found that she had committed the cybercrime on the grounds of gross negligence.

Cybercrime refers to criminal activity that uses the internet as means for perpetuating further crimes. The various manners of committing a cybercrime include hacking, email bombing, virus attack and theft. Activities deemed cybercrime by the Indian government include cyber pornography, cyber terrorism, phishing, cyber terrorism and credit card fraud.

A recent report by cybersecurity software company, Norton Lifelock, stated that more than 59% of Indian adults fell victim to cybercrime in the past 12 months.

"In a year of lockdowns and restrictions, cybercriminals have not been deterred. More Indian adults fell victim to identity theft in the past 12 months and most are concerned about data privacy," said Ritesh Chopra, director sales and field marketing, India & SAARC Countries, NortonLifeLock.