Legal, Ethical and Societal Issues in Media and Information - Media and

Information Literacy (MIL)

1. 1. Legal, Ethical, & Societal Issues in Media & Information BY: MARK JHON C. OXILLO
2. 2. Republic Act No.10175
3. 3. Republic Act No. 10175 - Or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 - is a law in the
Philippines approved on September 12, 2012 which aims to address legal issues concerning
online interactions and the Internet
4. 4. Republic Act No. 10175 Among the cybercrime offenses included in the bill are
cybersquatting,cybersex, child pornography, identity theft, illegal access to data and libel.
5. 5. So what is Cyber?
6. 6. CYBER means … • relating to, or involving computers or computer networks (such as the
Internet)
7. 7. Cyberspace
8. 8. Cyberspace - refers to the virtual computer world, and more specifically, is an electronic
medium used to form a global computer network to facilitate online communication
9. 9. Cybercrime
10. 10. Cybercrime - refers to the criminal activities carried out by means of computers or the
Internet
11. 11. CYBERBULLYING
12. 12. Cyberbullying - the use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by
sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature
13. 13. Hacking
14. 14. Hacking - refers to the practice of modifying or altering computer software and hardware
to accomplish a goal that is considered to be outside of the creator's original objective.
15. 15. Hacking Those individuals who engage in computer hacking activities are typically
referred to as “hackers”.
16. 16. Phishing
17. 17. Phishing - is the attempt to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, passwords,
and credit card details (and, indirectly, money), often for malicious reasons, by disguising as
a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.
18. 18. Illegal Downloading
19. 19. Illegal Downloading - refers to obtaining files that you do not have the right to use from
the Internet.
20. 20. Illegal Downloading Sites Legal Downloading Sites The Pirate Bay iTunes Kickass.to
Yahoo Music TorrentDownloads.me Amazon YTS.ag Netflix RARBG.to Ruckus
21. 21. Digital Piracy
22. 22. Digital Piracy - the practice of illegally copying and selling digital music, video, computer
software, etc.
23. 23. Identity Theft
24. 24. Identity Theft - is the deliberate use of someone else's identity, usually as a method to
gain a financial advantage or obtain credit and other benefits in the other person's name, and
perhaps to the other person's disadvantage or loss
25. 25. Cyber Defamation
26. 26. Cyber Defamation - is an unprivileged false statement of fact which tends to harm the
reputation of a person or company
27. 27. 2 Types of Defamation: 1. Libel - written 2. Slander - verbal
28. 28. Cybersex
29. 29. CYBERSEX • also called computer sex, Internet sex, netsex • is a virtual sex encounter
in which two or more people (connected remotely via internet) send each other sexually
explicit contents or sexually explicit acts
30. 30. Child Pornography
31. 31. Child Pornography - is a form of child sexual exploitation
32. 32. Cybersquatting
33. 33. CYBERSQUATTING • is registering, trafficking in, or using an Internet domain name with
bad faith intent to profit from the goodwill of a trademark belonging to someone else.
34. 34. CYBERSQUATTING • The cybersquatter then offers to sell the domain to the person or
company who owns a trademark contained within the name at an inflated price.
35. 35. OPYRIGHT
36. 36. COPYRIGHT • a legal device that gives the creator of a literary, artistic, musical, or other
creative work the sole right to publish and sell that work.
37. 37. COPYRIGHT Copyright owners have the right to control the reproduction of their work,
including the right to receive payment for that reproduction.
38. 38. Violation of a copyright is called infringement.
39. 39. PLAGIARISM
40. 40. PLAGIARISM • an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts
of another author without authorization; the representation of that author's work as one's
own, as by not crediting the original author
41. 41. FAIR USE
42. 42. FAIR USE is a legal concept that allows the reproduction of copyrighted material for
certain purposes without obtaining permission and without paying a fee. Purposes permitting
the application of fair use generally include review, news reporting, teaching, or scholarly
research.
43. 43. COMPUTER ADDICTION
44. 44. Computer Addiction - the excessive use of computers to the extent that it interferes with
daily life. This excessive use may for example interfere with work or sleep, result in problems
with social interaction, or affect mood, relationships and thought processes.
45. 45. DIGITAL DIVIDE
46. 46. Digital Divide - an economic inequality between groups in terms of access to, use of, or
knowledge of ICT. The divide within countries can refer to inequalities between individuals,
households, businesses, and geographic areas at different socioeconomic (and other
demographic) levels
47. 47. VIRTUAL SELF
48. 48. Virtual Self - The persona you create about yourself virtually
49. 49. NETIQUETTE
50. 50. Netiquette • the correct or acceptable way of communicating on the Internet.
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