The recent announcement of greater regulation to cyberspace has generated hysteria and pandemonium in certain quarters. To right thinking members of society, this reaction is understandable.
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The recent announcement of greater regulation to cyberspace has generated hysteria and pandemonium in certain quarters. To right thinking members of society, this reaction is understandable. Those who are reacting in this manner, are so doing because they recognize that their days of using social media to destroy reputation, excite racial hostilities, engender strife, cause public mischief and extort monies for their livelihood are quickly coming to an end.
In their effort to distort the true intendment of the impending legislative intervention, they are spreading fear on the social media publishing that persons’ freedom to use these platforms in their engagements will be curtailed; that the regulatory framework will interfere with the constitutional right of freedom of expression.
The public record will reflect that the Government expressed the intention to enact modern, internationally acceptable and constitutionally compliant legislation to regulate social media several years ago. The public record will also reflect that the Government disclosed that it will do so ๐๐๐๐ after the conclusion of a Convention being drafted at the United Nations to regulate cyberspace.
The sole purpose of awaiting the terms of this Convention to be settled was to ensure that the amendments will be in compliance with and meet the international standard set by this Convention. Guyana actively participated in the draft of this Convention. The terms of the Convention are now settled.
In short, the intended amendments will be in compliance with the terms of that Convention which are the standard set by the United Nations for its members, worldwide.
In the circumstances, users of social media and citizens generally, are hereby fully assured that they have nothing to fear once they do not use their platforms serially for illicit means.
Yes, those who use their platforms for the nefarious purposes outlined above have reason to fear, hence the desperate reactions. I appeal to all not to be ensnared in the fearmongering which is emanating from these serial social media abusers.
Once the law is implemented it will be applied for the public good, for the benefit of all law abiding citizens and to bring critically needed regulation to an unregulated arena.
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