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Based on the result, seven out of nine participants have agreed with Cyber Law has strongly affected their freedom in internet usage.
According to the first answer, Cyber law constraint us from entering certain web page, it comes with benefits and also disadvantages in different aspects. The advantage is that ensure internet user as much as possible to avoid unnecessary contact with unhealthy information, and even those web page which brings threat to society. From another point of view, this will cause a lot of inconvenience, because each country is different on the page limit. For example, Facebook and Blogger are banned in China however Facebook and Blogger are being so popular in Malaysia.
Without a proper approval or permission from original company for downloading can be known as illegal download. For example, from software, video, music to etc. Although almost every Internet users have some knowledge of Cyber Law and regulations, but the majority of users still insist on illegal downloading. The simple reason is because it is F.O.C, Free of Charge. Illegal downloading has against the law of Copyright and it brings negative effect on the industry development. However, internet users will still wish to get a free downloading compare to purchase it.
The biggest advantage of internet development is we can through the Internet to get the latest information to increase knowledge. However, Cyber Law such as copyright or Communication and Multimedia Act limit us in the use of information. For example, only allow free publish for part of the information. While internet users are feeling inconvenience, try to think it in another way. Such cyber law is to ensure that users are not misuse of available information and give community and author a protection.
Cyber Law brings some impact on internet usage but for some purely online chat users, or to the user only focus on a web page, they might think their freedom on internet usage will not be affected. In other words, they are not active on internet.
In short, most of the internet users find that it is difficult to understand and support the Government in developing cyber law, due to the freedom of internet usage do not be respected. In my opinion, I think as a internet user, we should try to stand in government’s shoe, for certain Cyber Law, it can really give us a protection however government need to give a compelling reason.
