Saturday, November 16, 2013
Online Lies Won't Be Felony Crimes, Agrees Congress
By Cornelius Nunev
On Sept. 14, George Washington University teacher of regulation Orin Kerr wrote an Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal detailing the bad things that would occur if the "Facebook Felony" bill became a reality and made lying on the internet a felony. The felony provision has been changed out of the bill. However, Congress is still considering a cyber-security bill.
Ways to have Facebook Felony out of your life
Teacher Kerr explained that the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act were written in 1986. It would have made it a felony to lie on the internet. With the regulation, it wouldn't have been okay to lie online at any time. This included during all services. It could be a felony to make an account with a phony name, phony age or even phony weight with the law. With the change to the regulation, things are now different. Hackers that threaten computer networks are now targeted.
Idea to help individuals
Many people such as Kerr had the same concerns. This is why the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee is considering the update to be an amendment to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. There is an actual amendment. It exempts "access in violation of a contractual obligation or agreement, such as an acceptable use policy or terms of service agreement, with an Internet service provider, Internet site, or non-government employer, if such violation constitutes the sole cause for determining that access to a protected computer is unauthorized." Al Franken and Chuck Grassley imagined of many examples that should not be a felony but are not ethical still in the debate. Things such as creating anonymous accounts on FourSquare to add good reviews of your business - not felonious, but surely unethical. Statues for cyber security have been used in the past to prosecute bullies but only in extreme cases.
Things to be concerned about now
There is definitely an ever-increasing focus on online identity and security, no matter what Congress does. In 2009, the Justice Department prosecuted a female for creating a fake profile on MySpace. One person created a program to buy tickets from TicketMaster in 2010. This led to prosecution too. Several of these laws preventing unauthorized access could be used in civil cases also as criminal. You have to always follow the terms of the site you are on. When telling lies about age and other things on dating websites, you probably won't get prosecuted. Still, you should always know the rules of what you are getting into.
Ways to have Facebook Felony out of your life
Teacher Kerr explained that the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act were written in 1986. It would have made it a felony to lie on the internet. With the regulation, it wouldn't have been okay to lie online at any time. This included during all services. It could be a felony to make an account with a phony name, phony age or even phony weight with the law. With the change to the regulation, things are now different. Hackers that threaten computer networks are now targeted.
Idea to help individuals
Many people such as Kerr had the same concerns. This is why the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee is considering the update to be an amendment to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. There is an actual amendment. It exempts "access in violation of a contractual obligation or agreement, such as an acceptable use policy or terms of service agreement, with an Internet service provider, Internet site, or non-government employer, if such violation constitutes the sole cause for determining that access to a protected computer is unauthorized." Al Franken and Chuck Grassley imagined of many examples that should not be a felony but are not ethical still in the debate. Things such as creating anonymous accounts on FourSquare to add good reviews of your business - not felonious, but surely unethical. Statues for cyber security have been used in the past to prosecute bullies but only in extreme cases.
Things to be concerned about now
There is definitely an ever-increasing focus on online identity and security, no matter what Congress does. In 2009, the Justice Department prosecuted a female for creating a fake profile on MySpace. One person created a program to buy tickets from TicketMaster in 2010. This led to prosecution too. Several of these laws preventing unauthorized access could be used in civil cases also as criminal. You have to always follow the terms of the site you are on. When telling lies about age and other things on dating websites, you probably won't get prosecuted. Still, you should always know the rules of what you are getting into.
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