Laws needed to protect people from Net abuses

Kuwait should take decisive steps and sign int’l agreements

Google, Youtube, Facebook, iPod, iPhone and iPad have become a vital part of our life. They are playing the role of mother and father in guiding us and in helping us make the right choices. The Time Magazine, in its May 2010 issue, stated that there are over 500 million Facebook users, and added that if Facebook were a state, it would have been the third most populous country in the world.President Barack Obama can be called the first e-president. He used the Internet extensively, especially Google, Youtube, Wikipedia and his website ‘Change’ in his presidential campaign. The first signs of e-war were noticed during the conflict between Russia and Georgia, where the latter’s air defenses were hacked and crippled from doing their role. Georgia lost the war as a result.Everyone has the right to have unlimited knowledge and there are no restrictions on how to use this information. However, we must maintain some limits to ensure privacy.In Kuwait, we need to e-reevaluate our legislation as we still do not have well structured laws to protect individuals from Internet abuses, fraud, threats, embezzlement, copy right infringements etc. Kuwait should take decisive steps and sign international agreements to provide right protection to its e-government projects and its data. It will also help in maintaining citizens and expatriates’ security, rights and freedoms.
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By: Labeed Abdal - Attorney at Law
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