WHAT ARE SOME OF THE KEY CYBER LAW ISSUES THAT YOU THINK MUST BE TAUGHT AND ADDRESSED IN COMMUNICATION/JOURNALISM SCHOOLS?
I feel some of the key cyberlaw issues which must be taught and addressed in communication and journalism schools include Intellectual Property Rights in cyberspace; linking, deep linking and hyperlinking; framing and spidering; domain name disputes; privacy; confidentiality; data protection; jurisdiction issues; legal issues relating to e-commerce; liability for content on the Internet; defamation libel and slander in cyber space; cybercrime; and security related legal issues. Cyber Law is an important aspect of citizen education and critical to the development of journalistic professionals ready for the convergent era. The key areas to be discussed include digital signatures and contracting, copyright laws, privacy and freedom of speech laws as affecting the cyber medium. “Right now, cyber laws are bouncing between ICT and law professionals.
Confusion prevails about whose purview it fall under. No one bears in mind that these laws touch and affect every person who surfs the Net, be it a Website developer or the one who sends an e-mail.”