ICT Act and freedom of expression
VOL 20 NO 157 REGD NO DA 1589 | Dhaka, Sunday, September 29 2013
Top of Form Bottom of Form http://www.fe-bd.com/index.php?ref=MjBfMDlfMjlfMTNfMV85Ml8xODUxMDM= ICT Act and freedom of expression
Bangladesh is going to be the next hub of Internet outsourcing for the developed world and the young generations are preparing themselves for that. The related law also should be updated accordingly to promote education and internet business, writes M S Siddiqui
The free flow of information, which nowadays depends heavily on the information and communication technology (ICT), promotes economic and social development. There are both uses and abuses of the ICT. Everybody feels the necessity of a guideline and related laws for prevention of ICT-related crimes.
Since the 1970s, there has been a growing consensus that existing laws covering the variety of crimes that can be committed using a computer either do not cover some computer abuses or are not clear enough to discourage computer-based crimes or do not ensure expeditious prosecution. Computer-based crimes are in general committed by individuals. Organised criminal groups are also active in this area.
Over the past 50 years, various solutions have been discussed and developed to address the issue of cybercrime. The topic remains very challenging, because the technology is constantly developing and the methods used to commit cybercrime are also changing. In 2002, the Commonwealth developed a model law on computer and computer-related crimes with the aim of improving legislation against cybercrime in the Commonwealth member countries. The European Union has also made efforts to harmonise legislation on cybercrime within its 27 member states, for example, through the directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular, electronic commerce in the internal market.
The first decade of the twenty-first century has
Top of Form Bottom of Form http://www.fe-bd.com/index.php?ref=MjBfMDlfMjlfMTNfMV85Ml8xODUxMDM= ICT Act and freedom of expression
Bangladesh is going to be the next hub of Internet outsourcing for the developed world and the young generations are preparing themselves for that. The related law also should be updated accordingly to promote education and internet business, writes M S Siddiqui
The free flow of information, which nowadays depends heavily on the information and communication technology (ICT), promotes economic and social development. There are both uses and abuses of the ICT. Everybody feels the necessity of a guideline and related laws for prevention of ICT-related crimes.
Since the 1970s, there has been a growing consensus that existing laws covering the variety of crimes that can be committed using a computer either do not cover some computer abuses or are not clear enough to discourage computer-based crimes or do not ensure expeditious prosecution. Computer-based crimes are in general committed by individuals. Organised criminal groups are also active in this area.
Over the past 50 years, various solutions have been discussed and developed to address the issue of cybercrime. The topic remains very challenging, because the technology is constantly developing and the methods used to commit cybercrime are also changing. In 2002, the Commonwealth developed a model law on computer and computer-related crimes with the aim of improving legislation against cybercrime in the Commonwealth member countries. The European Union has also made efforts to harmonise legislation on cybercrime within its 27 member states, for example, through the directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular, electronic commerce in the internal market.
The first decade of the twenty-first century has