2007-01-24 11:22:35 · 12 answers · asked by caring black guy 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
1) No downloading or distribution of child porn.
2) No identity/financial information theft/misuse
3) No unsolicited spamming (some states)
4) No Gambling in the US
5) No sale of stolen or illegal materials
6) No downloading or redistribution of copyrighted material
7) No breaking into other's computers or hijacking domains.
Here are some links that describe actual legislation:
http://www.nap.edu/netsafekids/pp_li_il.html
http://www.isoc.org/internet/law/legis.shtml
2007-01-24 11:30:17 · answer #1 · answered by nixkuroi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Due to the generally anonymous nature of the internet, many basic laws go out the window. It is important to remember that internet activity is still traceable, so, any "laws of the land" broken online still count as felonies, and you can be charged for them. However due to the large amount of traffic online, it is impossible to monitor everything. Any government official in a position to do something about a broken law online will usually bypass small crimes in order to focus on "bigger fish"
Major laws strictly online, are of course Child Pornography, Gambling (in the US) illegal file downloads (music, movies, ect.) copyright infringement, and so on.
In terms of social "laws" or rules, most codes of conduct are site by individual websites. So, always read codes of conduct or community guidelines as Yahoo calls them. If you don't do anything in violation of those, it's all fair game!
2007-01-24 11:32:23 · answer #2 · answered by Franklin Bluth 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't incite anything that would be considered treasonous. Stay away from naked kiddie sites. Don't try to hack into government sites (or any big business for that matter.) The Internet is just like the real world, it just takes a bit more time to get caught on here for doing something you would not or should not do out here.
2007-01-24 11:30:01 · answer #3 · answered by chickenanddirtyrice 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the country, but in the United states, you can't posess or view child pornography, you can't hack into websites, you can't use it to commit fraud, etc.
In some places (like China and North Korea), there are many more laws because of strict censorship.
2007-01-24 11:27:49 · answer #4 · answered by Mickey Mouse Spears 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No phishing, hacking, spying, sending viruses/spywares/adware to other people's computers, distributing illegal software (or licensed),no stealing other people's identity(identity theft),yada yada yada all I could think of right now.
2007-01-24 11:28:56 · answer #5 · answered by dan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't threaten to attack or kill people, don't commit fraud, don't hack without consent of the system owner, don't print libel. Not that anyone should need the government telling him or her how to behave.
2007-01-24 11:32:05 · answer #6 · answered by Zombie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't admit any crimes, don't try to harm anyone else' computer, don't surf for child porn, and don't call any published art/writings your own and don't download any protected content.
2007-01-24 11:28:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Impersonation is considered defamatory
2007-01-24 11:28:04 · answer #8 · answered by Really Lovely Person 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
downloading child porn and COPYRIGHT stuff (like mp3s, movies, and some other stuff) is illeagal!
unless your paying for the movies and mp3s that makes it legal
2007-01-24 11:28:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with what everyone before me has said and DON'T YELL!
2007-01-24 11:30:31 · answer #10 · answered by P K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋