Cyber stalking: regulating harassment on the net?
The personal computer and the Internet provide new meaning to the word 'communication' and 'information'. Similar to other revolutionary technologies, the Internet, besides offering enormous potential for progression, has also been improperly used and abused. The borderless na...
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| Language: | English |
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2014
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/294/1/FH03-FLAIR-15-02996.pdf http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/294/ |
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| Summary: | The personal computer and the Internet provide new meaning to the word
'communication' and 'information'. Similar to other revolutionary technologies, the
Internet, besides offering enormous potential for progression, has also been
improperly used and abused. The borderless nature of Internet and its easy access
to cyberspace has provided a low-cost but high-connectivity ways for criminals to
reach victims. This resulted in a rise of crimes which make use of the Internet as a
medium, such as fraudulent scams, child sexual exploitations, and a new concern
cyber stalking. Cyber stalking has been labelled as the crime of the nineties due to
its nature which utilises the latest technological telecommunications as a mean to
perpetrate such act. Cyber stalking, similar to stalking involves threatening or
harassing behaviours by one individual against another, with the exception that this
particular act makes full use of the internet. Compared to offline stalking, cyber
stalking has caused more intense stress and trauma on the victim. This paper is an
introductory research and aims to identify the characteristics of cyber stalking, how it
is committed and whether there exist any legislations in Malaysia that address this
new breed of crime. |
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