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    ONLINE SAFETY AND INTERNET ADDICTION
    (Child Rights and You (CRY), 2020) Sinha, Ajay Kumar; Matin, Abdul; Ansari, Yusuf; Sinha, Niraj; Jayaram, Veena; Ghosh, Shreya; Sharma, Varun
    The last two decades have witnessed phenomenal growth of Internet usage in India and worldwide. The number of users in the country is pegged at 566 million currently and is expected to register double digit growth to reach 627 million in 2019. This growth has been largely driven by increased consumption in rural areas (Kantar IMRB). According to UNICEF (2016) estimates, one third of Internet users globally are children, with the proportion of Internet users likely to be higher in the lower income countries where Internet is rapidly penetrating in all spheres of public life. Statistics by The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) show that the youth (15-24 year olds) are at the forefront of Internet adoption (ITU, 2017).