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The controversial law provides for up to seven years in prison for "recruiting, funding and planning of terrorism" online. Pakistan has adopted a much-criticised cyber security law that grants sweeping powers to regulators to block   all private information they deemed illegal.  The National Assembly approved the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015. Government officials say internet restrictions under the new law are needed to ensure security against growing threats, such as terrorism. But this law has alarmed human rights and pro-democracy activists worried that its vague language could lead to curtailment of free speech and unfair prosecutions. "The overly broad language used in the bill ensures that innocent and ignorant Pakistani citizens, unaware of the ramifications of what the bill entails, can be ensnared and find themselves subject to very harsh penalties,"   By- Nighat Daad, founder of a group called the Digital Rights Foundation. ...

Although there is no any accepted definition of the term cyber stalking, the word used in the report refers to the use of Internet like an e-mail, or any other electronic communication devices to stalk any other person. The word stalking generally involves harassing or threatening behavior of an individual person repeatedly, like a person is  appearing in a person’s home or place of business, making phone calls of harassing , leaving messages in written or any objects.  How do they Operate Nature and Extent of Cyber stalking Prevention Tips What To Do If You Are Being Stalked ? Some people conduct cyber stalking involving annoying behavior might fall short of illegal stalking; such behavior might be a prelude for stalking and violence and should be treated seriously. There are both kind of Stalkers they are Online & Offline both have desires to control the life of victim’s life. In a majority numbers of stalkers are those who are rejected by their lo...

India has an extremely detailed and well-defined legal system in place.  Numerous laws have been enacted and implemented and the foremost amongst them is the Indian Constitution. We have inter alia, amongst others, the Indian Penal Code, Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, the Companies Act, and so on.  However the arrival of Internet signaled the beginning of the rise of new and complex legal issues in the country. It may be pertinent to mention that all the existing laws which place in India were enacted way back keeping in mind the situation of political, social, economic, and cultural scenario of that relevant time. Nobody can really visualize about the Internet. Despite of the brilliant acumen of our draftsmen, master the requirements of cyber could hardly ever be anticipated. As such, the coming of the use of Internet led to the emergence of numerous types of legal issues and problems which necessitated the enactment of the Cyber laws in India. In fact,...

Information Technology Act one of the outcome of the resolution which was to be dated on 30th January 1997 from  the General Assembly of the United Nations, which adopts the Model Law on Electronic Commerce,  Model Law on Electronic Commerce on International Trade Law . This type of resolution recommends, inter alia, that all states have to give favorable consideration to the said Model Law as adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nation while it revise enactment for new law, so that the uniformity of the laws may be observed by the various cyber-nations, applicable for the alternative to paper based methods of communication and storage of the information. The Department of Electronics (DOE) in July 1998 drafted a bill . However, the bill could only be introduced in the House on December 16, 1999 (after a gap of almost one and a half years) when the new IT Ministry was formed in our country. It goes through substantial alteration, with the C...

"..AS I MOVE FURTHER IN SUPPORT  LET ME CLEAR WHAT ACTUALLY THIS SECTION WAS.."   The Supreme Court has quashed Section 66(A) of the Information Technology Act, terming it "vague" and "unconstitutional" . The controversial section has long been decried by activists, freedom of speech and internet freedom campaigners as being aimed solely at muzzling dissent and differences of opinion on the internet. The IT Act had been passed in 2000, but had not included the contentious section. An amendment to the law in 2008 had inserted Section 66(A) . It is part of the larger Section 66, which deals with "Computer related offences", and outlines punishment of imprisonment up to three years, a fine of up to Rs. 5 lakh, or both. The purpose of Section 66(A), according to the annotations of the law, reads, "Punishment for sending offensive messages through communication service, etc." Section 66(A) reads: "Any per...

The Information Technology Act, 2000 dealt with Computer related crimes in it’s Chapter – XI Offences (65-78) and for the same time Information Technology Act, 2000 amended the Indian Penal Code to cover the cyber crimes expressly. Here in this chapter the offences along with the punishment provided in the Information Technology Act, 2000 are given below let us know what actually they are and if someone found on doing the offence what charges would be taken on you . ·          Tampering with computer source documents [Sec.65] a.        Imprisonment up to three years, or with fine which may extend up to two lakh rupees, or both. b.       Offence is cognizable and bailable. c.        Case is triable by the court of Magistrate of first class. ·          Computer related offences [Sec.66] a....