Senator Richard Alston, the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, has flagged new laws to crack down on Internet harassment and the usage of the medium to advocate violence.
New Australian laws designed to crack down on Internet harassment and usage of the medium to advocate violence have been met with a cautious reaction from online civil libertarians.
Civil liberties group Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) has criticised the way in which the Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA) and the Federal Government are attempting to ban child pornography on the Internet.
While criminal gangs are more widely associated with threatening denial of service attacks unless they get a kickback of thousands of pounds, it seems some are taking a more small-scale approach to extortion: now average PC users are being targeted.
Law enforcement agencies looking to fight high-tech crimes need to set up special crime units, work with technology companies, and push for updated laws, according to a list of recommendations by a national US cybercrime organisation.
The idea that attacks on computer systems could provide an alternative method of spreading terror and disruption has been a concern for governments since IT systems began to proliferate.
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