THE NEED FOR REGULATION OF THE INTERNET TECHNOLOGY TOWARDS ENSURING NATIONAL SECURITY

Eze, Uzor Kenneth and Iloh, Friday Okechukwu (2018) THE NEED FOR REGULATION OF THE INTERNET TECHNOLOGY TOWARDS ENSURING NATIONAL SECURITY. University of Benin Law Journal, 18 (1). pp. 86-101. ISSN 1117-8035

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Abstract

The internet technology is creating a world that is both everywhere and nowhere, but it is not where living beings live. It is creating a world that all may enter without privilege or prejudice accorded by race, economic power, military privilege or place of birth. It has created a world where anyone, anywhere may express his or her beliefs, no matter how singular, without fear of being coerced into silence or conformity. This nature of the internet technology has necessitated a call for regulation of the technology towards ensuring national security. Using doctrinal method of research, this paper therefore considers the various forms by which this technology called “the internet” could be regulated to engender national security. There is no gainsaying that throughout history, there is no phenomenon that is devoid of regulation and the internet technology cannot be any exception. This study reveals that if anarchy reigns supreme in the use of the internet technology, then, the essence of the internet itself will be defeated. It has been found out that the problem of uncertainty of regulatory platform is still a huge challenge towards achieving effective regulation. This paper concludes that freedom on the internet is now increasing the wave of cybercrimes with the resulting adverse effect on national security as it affects vulnerable infrastructures and national cum global economics, hence, this need for regulation of the internet technology to engender national security.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: K Law > K Law (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Law
Depositing User: Uchenna Eneogwe
Date Deposited: 11 Jun 2025 14:26
Last Modified: 11 Jun 2025 14:34
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/4820

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