With rapid advancements made in the fields of information technology and communications through medium like Facebook, Twitter, ‘online revelations’ took the lead and toppled governments and regimes.
Order and security establishments all over the world have begun considering those developments, going on to create cyber police units to monitor every tweet.More cameras will be installed on streets, an inevitable step they have to take so as to prevent crimes.
No doubt the changes happening in our lives have a bright side. We deal with smart phones and ecloud computing. All that has truly made us do things easier in a different fashion.
That said, we should not compromise our privacy or freedom or make our liberties threatened. This has threatened security surveillance.Twitter, Facebook and Youtube were immensely used in Kuwait before the fall of the last government; they were used in many cases of personal defamation and cases of religious assaults .
The Kuwaiti legislative power must bring this issue to top priority as we must protect our national security. Personal data or the right of expression should be protected, while prosecuting the accused or protecting the rights of victims.
Certainly, those who fail to respect privacy and or dignity – which is protected by the Constitution of Kuwait, even individuals, must be brought to justice, if they break the law or overstep its boundaries.
By Labeed Abdal
labeeed.abdal@gmail.com
http://news.kuwaittimes.net/2012/04/15/14622/
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