Cybercrime Law

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Cybercrime Law

Introduction

The world of social media and its networks is still majorly considered as a grey area on the map, it is a cyber relation meeting ground, a place where the global village meets the law authorities and try to make a semblance of law and order in the midst of the anarchy and chaos of freedom of expression. Billions of unique messages run to and fro in a confounding stream which eludes any particular way of governance over what is said and what kind of penalty should be awarded for creating the internet a safe place. There are countless debates on human rights particularly the right of free speech along with debates on violence incitement and hate speech. Even the law making bodies are stumbling along the path in the absence of any particular guidance resulting in unjust and unequal sentences.

The U.K. constitution up till the present time frame has been equipped to deal with the problems which have occurred in the real world. However, the advent of the virtual and its problems require that the laws be re-evaluated, adjusted or if required, then added upon.

The introduction of regulatory laws in the sphere of social media is effective only one a single point, that there exist proper ways to enforce these laws. Unfortunately it is not physically possible to monitor the countless messages being sent on a daily basis. On a purely theoretical basis, software can be created for scanning 'offensive' messages but the biggest problem is the classification of the 'offensive' messages.

The internet is ful of messages like illustrations and even copy wichi express feelings of disquiet, downright hate or even anger. However, it is deemed 'private' , where the individual can express whatever he wishes. Sadly it is not private and has an impact on the people around them.

Discussion

Some of the problems arise because of the social media's nature as a universal mode of communication; the world produces messages which are targeted at a particular people group or segment, in the language that also employs connotation which are meaningful when understood from a local perspective however, these message end up being transnational distributed and therefore a gulf is created between the local and global.

 The limits of acceptability are ever changing, never stationary for long. Whatever the intention of the sender of the message is to be interpreted is distorted and change by individuals who view it and belong to different cultures.

The most popular platforms where these and other issues arise are Twitter and Facebook. Twitter allows users to put up 'statuses' or one, two line messages about their location, feelings and opinions. Facebook on ther other hand provides user with a space in the cyberspace to put up their videos and photos while simultaneously communicating with people from all over the world. First off all in order to focus on policing these places, the issue first arises, what is the potential of negative impact of simple tweets? Is it really worth ...