8 Legal, Ethical and Societal Issues in Ict
8 Legal, Ethical and Societal Issues in Ict
8 Legal, Ethical and Societal Issues in Ict
AND SOCIETAL
ISSUES IN ICT
DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP
- is the norms of appropriate, responsible
technology use.
REPUBLIC
ACT NO.10175
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10175 - OR THE
CYBERCRIME PREVENTION ACT OF 2012 -
IS A LAW IN THE PHILIPPINES APPROVED
ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2012 WHICH AIMS TO
ADDRESS LEGAL ISSUES CONCERNING
ONLINE INTERACTIONS AND THE
INTERNET
AMONG THE CYBERCRIME
OFFENSES INCLUDED IN THE
BILL ARE CYBERSQUATTING,
CYBERSEX, CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY, IDENTITY
THEFT, ILLEGAL ACCESS TO
DATA AND LIBEL.
WHAT IS
CYBER?
WHAT IS CYBER?
relating to, or involving computers
or computer networks (such as internet)
CYBERSPACE
- refers to the virtual computer
world, and more specifically, is an
electronic medium used to form a
global computer network to facilitate
online communication.
CYBERCRIME
- refers to the
criminal activities
carried out by means of
computers or the
Internet
CYBERBULLYIN
G
- the use of electronic
communication to bully a
person, typically by
sending messages of an
intimidating or
threatening nature.
PHISHING
- is the attempt to obtain sensitive
information such as usernames, passwords,
and credit card details (and, indirectly,
money), often for malicious reasons, by
disguising as a trustworthy entity in a
electronic communication.
ILLEGAL
DOWNLOADING
- refers to obtaining files
that you do not have the
right to use from the
Internet.
DIGITAL
PIRACY
- the practice of illegally
copying and selling
digital music, video,
computer software, etc.
IDENTITY THEFT
- is the deliberate use of
someone else’s identity,
usually as a method to gain a
financial advantage or obtain
credit and other benefits in the
other person’s name, and
perhaps to the other person’s
disadvantage or loss.
CYBER
DEFAMATION
- is an unprivileged
false statement of fact
which tends to harm
the reputation of a
person or company
TWO TYPES OF
CYBER DEFAMATION
1. Libel – Written
2. Slander - Verbal
CYBER SEX
- also called computer sex,
Internet sex, netsex
- Is a virtual sex encounter in
which two or more people
(connected remotely via
internet) send each other
sexually explicit contents or
sexually explicit acts)
CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY
- is a form of child
sexual exploitation
CYBERSQUATTING
- is registering, trafficking
in, or using an Internet
domain name with bad faith
intent to profit from the
goodwill of a trademark
belonging to someone else.
CYBERSQUATTING
- The cybersquatted then
offers to sell the domain to
the person or company who
owns a trademark contained
within the name at inflated
price.
COPYRIGHT
- a legal device that gives
the creator of a literacy,
artistic, musical, or other
creative work the sole right
to publish and sell that
work.
COPYRIGHT
- Copyright owners have the right to
control the reproduction of their work,
including the right to receive payment
for that reproduction.
Violation of copyright is
called infringement.
PLAGIARISM
- an act or instance of using or closely
imitating the language and thoughts of
anther author without authorization; the
representation of that author’s work as
one’s own, 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. Purposes permitting the application of fair
use generally include review, news reporting,
teaching, or scholarly research.
COMPUTER ADDICTION
- the excessive use of computers
to the extent that it interferes with
daily life. This excessive use may
for example interfere with work or
sleep, result in problems with
social interaction, or affect mood,
relationships and thought
processes..
NETIQUETTE
- the correct or
acceptable way of
communicating on the
Internet.
- set of rules for behaving
properly online