The document defines and explains various cybercrimes and legal issues related to online interactions and the internet, including hacking, phishing, illegal downloading, cyberbullying, identity theft, cyber defamation, child pornography, copyright infringement, and more.
The document defines and explains various cybercrimes and legal issues related to online interactions and the internet, including hacking, phishing, illegal downloading, cyberbullying, identity theft, cyber defamation, child pornography, copyright infringement, and more.
The document defines and explains various cybercrimes and legal issues related to online interactions and the internet, including hacking, phishing, illegal downloading, cyberbullying, identity theft, cyber defamation, child pornography, copyright infringement, and more.
The document defines and explains various cybercrimes and legal issues related to online interactions and the internet, including hacking, phishing, illegal downloading, cyberbullying, identity theft, cyber defamation, child pornography, copyright infringement, and more.
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REPUBLIC ACT NO.
10175 Digital Piracy is the practice of illegally copying
Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 and selling digital music, video, computer software, etc. Is a law in the Philippines approved on September 12, 2012, which aims to address Identity Theft is the deliberate use of someone legal issues concerning online interactions and else’s identity, usually as a method to gain a the Internet. financial advantage or obtain credit and other benefits in the other person’s name, and Cyber means relating to involving computers or perhaps to the other person’s disadvantage or computer networks (such as Internet). loss. Cyberspace refers to the virtual computer world, and more specifically, is an electronic medium used to form a global computer Cyber Defamation is an unprivileged false network to facilitate online communication statement of fact which tends to harm the reputation of a person or company Cybercrime refers to the criminal activities carried out by means of computers or the 2 Types of Defamation Internet • Libel – Written Cyber bullying the use of electronic • Slander – Verbal communication to bully a person, typically by sending messages of an intimidating or Cyber sex also called computer sex, internet threatening nature. sex, netsex, is a virtual sex encounter in which two or more people send each other sexually Hacking refers to the practice of modifying or explicit contents or sexually explicit acts. altering computer software and hardware to accomplish a goal that is considered to be Child Pornography is a form of child sexual outside of the creator’s original objective. Those exploitation. individual who engage in computer hacking activities are typically referred to as “hackers”. Cyber squatting is registering, trafficking in, or using an Internet domain name with bad faith Phishing is the attempt to obtain sensitive intent to profit from the goodwill of a information such as usernames, passwords, and trademark belonging to someone else. credit card details, often for malicious reasons, by disguising as a trustworthy entity in an Copyright is a legal device that gives the creator electronic communication o literary, artistic, musical, or other creative work the sole right to publish and sell that work. Illegal downloading refers to obtaining files that Violation of a copyright is called Infringement. you do not have the right to use from the Internet. Plagiarism is an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization; the representation of that author’s work as one’s
work, as by not crediting the original author.
Fair use is a legal concept that allows the
reproduction of copyrighted material for certain purposes without obtaining permission and without paying a fee.
Computer addiction is the excessive use of
computers to the extent that it interferes with daily life. This excessive use may for example interface with work or sleep, result n problems with social interaction, or affect mood, relationships and thought processes.
Digital divide is an economic inequality
between groups in terms of access to, use of, or knowledge of ICT.