Category: Cyber Law

Cyber Law

Online Pornography and the Law

William Curtis

2021-11-18

This article examines laws, regulations and case law related to online pornography in selected jurisdictions to assess their effectiveness and limitations. 1 The United States and online pornography "There have been many attempts in the United States to regulate online pornography, although not all of them have been successfully implemented". 1.1 The Communications Decency Act (CDA), 1996 The CDA was the first federal law to impose significant constraints on internet communications. It imposed criminal sanctions on anyone who: knowingly (A) uses an interactive computer service to send to a specific person or persons under 18 years of age, or (B) uses any interactive computer service to display in a manner available to a person under 18 years of age, any comment, request, sug...

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Taking a Bite Out of “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn” So Called Casting Call

William Curtis

2021-11-18

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse certainly took their own big bite of awards at the 2011 People Choice Awards. Stars Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart were chosen by the people for best Movie, On Screen Team and Drama Movie. With such a popular movie, it's no wonder that Twilight fans would jump at a chance to be part of a movie. Extras for the first two movies comprised of a few lucky locals from where shooting was taking place as well as aspiring actors with resumes to push. The next reported installment in the popular Twilight Saga series will be "Breaking Dawn" and many fans are dreaming of a chance to be an extra on the next movie. Some fans believe they've found their chance when they get email messages or see ads on Twilight fan sites. Here's an example of a call ...

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Data Protection As a Website Liability Issue

William Curtis

2021-11-10

The much publicized lawsuits against Target arising from hacked breaches into its consumer credit and debit cards records is only the face of a rising trend of data protection lawsuits. Website liability today is no longer limited to what is on your website. It also includes the private data not publicly available. Have you wondered how a spammer obtained your email address? Often it is the result of a website being hacked and email addresses stolen. That type of activity is now leading to lawsuits against website owners by consumers who rightfully demand that their personal information be protected. The legal question that arises is - was the website negligent in maintaining, storing, and protecting private data? When a hack occurs, no matter how sophisticated, the answer is like...

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Protect Your Classified Documents in the Wikileaks Era

William Curtis

2021-10-26

IntroductionIn autumn of 2010, a controversial whistle-blowing website by the name of Wikileaks was at the top of the headlines after it posted close to 90,000 classified military documents to the public internet domain. The incident not only lead to an international diplomatic crises among allied and non-allied countries and prompted a global man-hunt for Wikileaks Director Jullian Assange, but it also exposed the vulnerability of the most secured information in the world. The public reaction to the Wikileaks was split down the middle. According to the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, 47% of Americans felt that the incident hurt the public interest while 42% said that it helped the public interest. Interestingly enough, there was also a clear division between age groups: wh

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Cyber Bullying – The Curse of New Age Technology

William Curtis

2021-10-25

The technological abuseWith the emergence of technology, computers, laptops, tablets and Smartphones have become a part of our everyday life. Today, literally no individual can stay without these gadgets. The communication sector has revolutionized in the past few decades sort of shrinking the whole world. The internet web has enabled the far ends of the earth to connect with each other just at a click of a button. The social media networking has further helped the people to connect with each other from different locations of the globe, know about themselves and establish a friendly bond for a lifetime. These sites and platforms have even helped the people find out long-lost friends and family members and brought them together again. But along with the benefits, the new technology has come