03/07/2025
THE INTERNET(Series)
THE INTERNET IS ALSO KNOWN AS CYBERSPACE. It is a global system of interconnected networks of computers and other communication protocols to link devices worldwide to provide a variety of information and communication services
The internet has changed the world as we know it. It has permeated virtually all aspects of human actions,therefore making it easier to communicate, network, share content and transact businesses.
Over the years, the development of various innovative online products has made humans dependent on the internet.
This led to a surge in global internet usage. Out of the 7,753,483,209 people in the world, up to 4.3billon use the internet as of July 2019,accounting for more than 56% of the world population. As of August 2019,Nigeria had 122,975,740 internet users according to the Nigerian Communications Commission.
Accordingly, internet pe*******on in Nigeria between 2000 and 2019 is estimated at 61,664% based on the internet world statistics.
Conversely, our continuous reliance on the internet has created a lot of challenges like cyber crimes, invasion of privacy, election meddling, hate speech, fake news, and dissemination of obscene content globally.
And the internet related crimes and not closed!
These harmful conducts have resulted in loss of data, reputation damage, loss of revenue, infringement of intellectual property, attack on sovereignty and national infrastructure.
We have also seen the the facilitation of the successful creation and use of nuclear weapons as shown in the Middle East/American brohaha.
In line with global security trends towards combating these menaces, in 2015,the Cyber crimes(Prohibition, Prevention, Etc) Act was enacted in Nigeria. The Nigerian Data Protection Regulation, Risk-Based Cyber security Framework, and Internet Code of Practice were also issued by the National Information Technology Development Agency, Central Bank of Nigeria and Nigerian Communications Commission respectively t, to promote online civility.
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