1. How do social networking sites work? What has contributed to their immense popularity? It is a data platform on a website that enables people to exchange information about themselves on the internet. Users are able to create their individual profile and to communicate with friends or new people. It's popular because it helps people meet others with similar interests and similar tastes. It creates virtual communities among people who want to connect with each other, but might never meet without
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technology that can be traded and sold on the black market. This information can damage some financial institutions for years. Many hackers use the instrument of crime to steal phone and computer services. This allows them to use the phone and have internet access free of charge until caught or shut down by officials. Pyramid schemes, lottery schemes and overseas bank fraud transactions are very popular and target your unsuspecting older new computer user that hasn’t been exposed to the criminal world
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century, which is truly astonishing (Taylor, Fritsch, & Liederbach, 2015). While it is wonderful for thousands of citizens across the world to be able to communicate instantly back and forth, there is a percentage of people that use computers, the Internet, and electronic communication to cause harm to others. It can be frustrating to understand exactly how to keep yourself safe in this world that is largely ran by computers, therefore, the following paragraphs will go in depth on what digital computer
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Tina Rios Business Law I Position Paper Should Internet Activity be Monitored? There has been an ongoing debate over many years on whether or not internet activity should be legally monitored by Internet Service Providers or the government. Obviously there many pros and cons to both sides of this issue. There is not only a valid need for internet monitoring of private networks in addition to government systems, but there is also a valid concern for the privacy of our country’s citizens
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Children’s Internet Protection Act, 2000: The children internet Protection Act of 1970 (CIPA) the law came into place to slow children from reading and watching “pornography” or explicit content when on the internet. The United State Congress set a bill in place that was intended to limit a child exposure of what they may see when in or out of home or public places. CIPA states that any image, graphic file or visual depiction that is simulated normal or perverted acts according to (Sec. 1703
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STANDARDS AND COMPLIANCE LAWS CIPA stands for The Children's Internet Protection Act. It is a bill that was signed into law in December 2000, and was to be constitutional by the United States Supreme Court in June 2003. It requires schools K-12 and libraries to have internet filters to protect children from harmful online content that blocks access to “visual depictions” on the Internet that are obscene, child pornography or harmful to minors. Meaning any picture, image, graphic image file
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Martin Children’s Internet Protection Act, 2000 As the internet grows and become a vast part of how the world communicates. The world is bombarded with the existence of the dangers and threats, especially involving the younger generation. Because of the vast danger and threats, a great need for filtering software has become the center of attraction, world-wide concerning the debate about children, sex, and the internet. In December 2000, Congress passed the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA)
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Research Paper Advances in ethical issues that arouse from the Children’s Internet Protection Act were Internet use for children in schools and libraries. Children needed to be blocked from the obscenities found on the Internet. The act also is permits for the low cost of Internet access for schools and libraries using the governments E-rate program. The E-rate program has several parameters that need to be met before the disbursements
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Necessity of an Acceptable Internet Use Policy for Business William E. Boyle Point Park University Abstract This paper will argue that an Acceptable Internet Use Policy, combined with effective network monitoring and policy enforcement is an essential requirement for businesses to protect business assets and resources. It discusses the potential loss to business from employee misuse of internet access and the danger from external sources. Necessity of an Acceptable Internet Use Policy for Business
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advancements in technology access to the Internet is widespread; schools and libraries around the nation are using the Internet as an educational tool. Because of the endless amount of unknown content online, Congress ensured children’s personal data is protected and that “obscene and violent material is screened out” (Abrahamson, 2002, p. 50) by passing Acts such as COPPA, The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, 1998 and CIPAThe Children’s Internet Protection Act, 2000. Protecting children’s
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