Ethical Issues Of Cyberspace

Cyberspace is a virtual world that simulates everything in our real world. Users all over the world can use this medium to communicate, share, search, play, or even live a virtual life. Even though, the rapid development and the great benefits of cyberspace, there are several issues and challenges that may threaten users lives. One of the most essential issues is that cyberspace is a universal world, and there is no universal law to control it. However, many countries have their own laws and policies to protect and regulate the Internet. The USA is considered the earliest country that has found the cyberspace and has worked hard to enact laws to regulate this space. Internet has facilitated the life around us. Almost everything in our daily lives has become connected to the Internet. At hospitals, school, governments, works, and even restaurants all of them depend on the Internet to complete their functions. However, in some cases the use of the Internet may include anti-social or criminal acts, and may require law enforcement such as fraud, extortion, libel, threaten others, child pornography, or copyrights violations. The Anonymity on the Internet assists people with malignant intent and attacker to commit their crimes. …show more content…
The US federal government has worked hard continuously to limit and control these crimes by provides different federal legislations that support property rights. Some of these legislations have signed as a law such as Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that was signed in 1998, while others proposed legislations do not signed yet such as, Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) that introduced in 2011, and Cyber Intelligence sharing and Protection Act (CASPA) that also introduced in 2011. In this manner, the US government has the right to access the infringing websites to remove the violated content or may block