Fatemeh Halabisaz
2013-14444
Forum on the Cybercrime Law Reflection
The lecture on cybercrime law was interesting
and eye opening, especially for college students like us who have social media
accounts and can very well be victims of cybercrime. The lecturer began with how communication
technology came about from the ancient times up to the present. My mind was
blown when I found out that we call journalists and the like as “press” because
wine presses were used to print the newspapers! Then he went on with defining
very important terms that were used in the cybercrime law, as to not get things
confused. This was vital because we might have had different definitions for
each (one student might have thought that the use of computer is limited to
using the internet while another would have thought otherwise). After, he discussed
the actual law and what he disagreed with it. This part was a bit technical,
and to be honest, I kind of got lost a lot of the time. However, what I did
understand was that his advocacy group thinks that some parts of the law have
to be changed because there are already other laws that help fight these crimes
(cybersex, child pornography etc.).
I was definitely persuaded by the lecturer
because of the points that he raised. He claimed that anyone could be accused
of cybercrime if the law was to be followed. For example, even if the libelous
document only stayed on your computer and not online, you might still be jailed
for libel because the law says ‘on a computer’ and not ‘online’. This is scary
because it seems like you can’t even express your opinions anymore. It seems
that this law would totally defeat our freedom to say or accuse people of
things. Also, I was persuaded when he said that there were other laws that
already combatted the crimes mentioned and so they should just be removed from
the new law altogether.
All in all, I learned a lot from the lecture
and I’m grateful that I was able to attend class that day.
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