RELEVANT PROVISIONS IN THE CYBERCRIME ACT THAT REGULATE DEFAMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND A BRIEF APPRAISAL OF THESE PROVISIONS.
RELEVANT PROVISIONS IN THE CYBERCRIME ACT THAT REGULATE DEFAMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND A BRIEF APPRAISAL OF THESE PROVISIONS. - Shelly Grace. The term defamation is used to define the injury that is caused to the reputation of a person in the estimation of the right thinking persons in the society generally either as to humiliate , ridicule or expose the individual to hatred and avoidance. Cyber defamation is publishing a defamatory material against another person with the help of computer or internet. The Cybercrime (Prevention, Prohibition etc) Act 2015 was brought into law to address crimes committed over the internet and ensure sanity in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) communications in Nigeria. The law seeks to punish the criminal activities of hackers, reduce incidences of internet fraud, protect intellectual property etc. Defamation on cyberspace is one...