Tech-actualités is a news blog on Digital Culture, created by two students of Bordeaux Montaigne University, as part of a final year project for our Bachelor in Applied Languages, Digital Culture and New Medias Major. This blog is aimed at anyone interested in learning about technology, programming, and digital culture. We cover subjects ranging from Desktop Publishing technologies to web. Our blog is available in English, Spanish and French. Enjoy and thank you for visiting our blog!
Cybercriminality
With the emergence of the Internet came a sort of "deterritorialized network" . Because the Internet connects countries together, it is hard to determine where Internet borders really lie. We can go on the Internet without a passport and without going through customs. The Internet does not have a veritable frontier. Our IP address (Internet Protocol address) gives an identity to our computer and therefore links to the territory we live on, but unfortunately the international law regarding the Internet is not as simple as that. Law, on the other hand, is very dependant on territory. Laws in France are not always the same as laws in the United States and England. This complicates international law because what may be legal on the Internet in China, may not be the case in India. The first international treaty to discuss cybercrime was the Convention on cybercrime of November 22, 2001. It explained protocol concerning xenophobia, racism, child pornography, hate on the
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