Social Media and Cyber Crimes in Pakistan: Facts, Propaganda, Awareness, and Legislation
Asad Munir, Ghulam Shabir · Global Political Review · 2018
Cybercrime is a criminal act committed using computing devices and the Internet. It ranges from downloading pirated movies to destabilizing national economies. Nonfinancial crimes range from phishing to top-notch crimes such as cyber terrorism. Comprehensive detail of such crimes has been revealed through this empirical study. It investigates the level of awareness, crime sophistication, the extent of the vulnerability, and legislation in Pakistan. Important aspects of cyber laws in Pakistan have been put forth. The survey-based study was carried out on university students. Data reveals that the graduate and postgraduate students being the huge consumers of SNS are at a higher risk of being prey to cybercriminals. Students although they have some information on cybercrimes they have very little knowledge on how to stay safe on the internet. Knowledge of cyber laws such as PECO is desirable to be made a part of the syllabi.