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Cyber-Crime in Sri Lanka

Author(s)

A. H. Dinithi Jayasekara, Wijayananda Rupasinghe

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DOI:10.17265/1548-6591/2015.10.003

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University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

ABSTRACT

New media is a term meant to encompass the emergence of digital, computerized, or networked information and communication technologies in the later part of the 20th century. Most technologies described as “new media” are digital, often having characteristics of being manipulated, networkable, dense, compressible, interactive, and impartial. The internet is known as a kind of global meeting place where people from all parts of the world can come together and share information. According to Henson, Reyns, and Fisher, they define “Cyber-crime refers to any illegal activity that occurs in the virtual world of cyberspace”. This research studied the Sri Lankan cyber-crime and legal background about cyber-crime. In this research, it studied selected cases relating to cyber-crime in Sri Lanka. The authors examined the situation, evidence. In Sri Lanka, there have been four main acts which used in prevention of cyber-crime. Content analyzed these acts. In Sri Lanka, there is a challenge in preventing cyber-crimes. The growth of network-based crime has raised difficult issue in respect of appropriate balance between the needs of those investigating and prosecuting such crime, and the rights of users of such networks. Increasing the awareness about new media literacy is one way to minimize cyber-crime. Also, Sri Lankan legal system needs to be modified.

KEYWORDS

cyber space, cyber-crime, internet, new media, law

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Journal of US-China Public Administration, October 2015, Vol. 12, No. 10, 759-763

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