Internet and Ethics

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Ethics and Internet

• Presented By
• Group4
• BSIT-8th-Mor
• Dept. of Computer Science
• University of Okara

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Contents

• Internet ethics
• Intellectual property issue
• Cyber crimes
• Pretending someone else
• Sending offensive messages
• Cyber hacking
• Cyber stalking
• Spreading false information
• Hate speech
• Spamming
• Malicious code
• References

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Internet Ethics?

• Internet ethics means an acceptable behavior for
  using internet. One should be honest, respect the
  rights and property of others on the internet
• Internet ethics are set of moral principles that
  govern the usage of Internet.

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Safety Measures for Ethics

• There are four effective approaches who want to
  ensure they are doing the right thing online
• Have a basic understanding of the technology.
• Attend seminars or classes for using internet
  properly.
• Determine what standards have been established
  for internet use for study or entertainment.
• Create a set of rules relating to both ethics and
  safety and follow them strictly to avoid any
  cyber crime.

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Ethics

• Acceptance
• World Wide Web is place where values are
  considered in a broadest sense. So, must take
  care while shaping content and services ,
  internet is not apart from universal society but
  it is a primary component of it.
• Sensitivity to National and Local Cultures
• It belongs to all and there is no barrier of
  national and local cultures. It cannot be subject
  to one set of values like local TV channel or
  newspaper.
• Communication Standards
• Internet must be used for communication with
  family and friends. We should not use the
  internet chatting for communicating with
  strangers and should not forward the e-mails from
  strangers.

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One Should

• Only share on internet and download virus-free
  files from any website.
• Understand that not all online information is
  reliable and Won't give strangers any personal
  information such as telephone number or address.
• Never purchase or use any pirated software,
  respect Intellectual Property Rights and won't
  download any pirated MP3 music and videos.
• Only use copyrighted materials with permission
  from owner.
• Try to prevent a hacker's attack using security
  services.
• Avoid any unhealthy and problematic materials
  online.

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Do or Dont
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Intellectual Property Issue

• Patents
• are used to protect new, and sometimes improved
  products. Patents guard inventions. The owner of
  a patent has the exclusive right to make, sell,
  or otherwise use and profit from a tangible item
  for a certain period of time.
• Trademarks
• are used to protect logos or brands. Trademarks
  help distinguish businesses from one another. The
  right to a trademark is automatically assumed
  once a business starts using a unique and
  particular name or logo.

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• Service Marks
• are used to protect new or innovative services.
  Service marks help distinguish businesses that
  provide services from one another. Service marks
  work the same as trademarks, but are exclusively
  used by businesses that are service providers.
  Lawyers, doctors, landscapers and hairstylists
  are just a few examples of service providers.
• Copyrights
• are rights, enforceable by laws, accorded to
  inventor or creator of intellectual property,
  such as literary, dramatic, musical, pictorial,
  graphic, and artistic. The plagiarist knows that
  he/she is not the true author of the work and
  puts his/her name on the work thereby concealing
  the true author's name and get reward.

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Cyber Crime and Their Punishments
Pakistan(2015) and Indian(2008) Cyber Laws
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Pretending someone else (Indian law)

• One should not use the internet to pretend as
  someone
• else and fool others.
• It causes harm to that person even it is
  impersonated intentionally
• Court finds that the impersonation was wrongful
  because it is against societys morals.
• State can prosecute someone under the crime of
  crime injuria for infringing another persons
  identity.

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Sending offensive messages (Indian law)

• Section 66A of the Information Technology
  (Amendment) Act, 2008 prohibits the sending of
  offensive messages though a communication device
• Message that the sender knows to be false but is
  sent for the purpose of causing annoyance,
  inconvenience, danger, obstruction, insult,
  injury, criminal intimidation, enmity, hatred, or
  ill will.
• If youre booked under Section 66A, you could
  face up to 3 years of imprisonment along with a
  fine.

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Cyber Stalking (Pak law)

• If you try to get into a relation with someone
  online through internet website, email, SMS,
  phone or any communication tool despite there is
  disinterest from the other party
• You repeatedly call someone, despite the other
  party asks you to not to
• You send emails with no interest shown by the
  other party
• You do something in a manner that other party is
  harassed out of your actions
• Punishment will be jailed for three years or
  imposed a fine which may extend to one million
  rupees or with both.

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Cyber Hacking (Indian law)

• It is the most common type of Cyber crime being
  committed across the world.
• Hacking has been defined in section 66 of The
  Information Technology Act, 2000 as follows
• "whoever with the intent to cause or knowing
  that he is likely to cause wrongful loss or
  damage to the public or any person destroys or
  deletes or alters any information residing in a
  computer resource or diminishes its value or
  utility or affects it injuriously by any means
  commits hacking".
• Punishment for hacking is three years or fine
  which may extend up-to two lakh rupees or both.

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Spreading False Information (Pak law)

• Whoever intentionally and publicly displays any
  information through any information system, which
  he knows to be false and intimidates or harms the
  reputation or privacy of a natural person
• You know that an information is wrong and you
  still post or share it on Facebook about a person
  that damages his/her reputation
• Shall be punished with imprisonment for a term
  which may extend to three years or with fine
  which may extend to one million rupees or with
  both

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Making/Spreading Explicit Images or Videos of an
Individual (Pak law)

• Cultivates or brings a natural person to engage
  in a sexually explicit act through an information
  system to harm a natural person or his reputation
  or to take revenge, or to create hatred or to
  blackmail
• Example photoshop an Image of a person ,
  broadcast / post such video or images on Facebook
  or through any other medium such as WhatsApp,
  YouTube etc.
• He/she shall be punished with imprisonment for a
  term which may extend to five years or with fine
  which may extend to five million rupees or with
  both.

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Hate Speech(Pak law)

• Whoever prepares or distributes information,
  through any information system or device that
  triggers inter-faith, sectarian or racial hatred
• Post messages on Facebook that can trigger
  inter-faith or sectarian avoidance, write a blog
  that triggers ethnic hatred
• Shall be punished with imprisonment for a term
  which may extend to seven years or with fine or
  with both.

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Glorification of an offence (Pak law)

• Whoever prepares or spreads information through
  any information system or device with the intent
  to glorify an offence relating to terrorism, or
  any person convicted of a crime relating to
  terrorism, or activities of prescribed
  organizations or individuals or groups e.g.
• Post on Facebook about Taliban and say that they
  are good people
• SMS someone and say that al-Qaida people will go
  to heaven
• Own a website that preaches about suicide bombing
  etc.
• Shall be punished with imprisonment for a term
  may extend to seven years or with fine which may
  extend to ten million rupees or with both.

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Spamming (Pak law)

• Anyone (an individual or an organization) can be
  fined with up to Rs. 50,000 for the first and
  three months of jail if they
• Send spam emails/SMS without permission of
  receiver
• Send emails without unsubscribe options
• Send emails with
• Harmful fraudulent emails
• Misleading email
• Illegal email

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Malicious Code (Pak law)

• Whoever writes, offers, makes available,
  distributes or transmits malicious code with
  intent to cause harm to any information system or
  data
• Resulting in the corruption, destruction,
  alteration suppression, theft or loss of the
  information system or data
• E.g. ..Write a virus, write a code that can be
  used to destruct a hard drive, develop a mobile
  app to spy someone, develop an app to spread
  virus DDoS attack someone
• Shall be punished with imprisonment for a term
  which may extend to two years or with fine which
  may extend to one million rupees or with both.

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References

• Http//www.infosecawareness.in/infosec-concept/int
  ernet-ethics
• https//propakistani.pk/2016/08/05/must-read-list-
  of-cyber-crimes-and-their-punishments-in-pakistan/
  
• http//cesy.edb.hkedcity.net/en/student.php?id3