Legal Literacy - This article discusses the principles in determining the jurisdiction of criminal acts, law enforcement, and legal policies regarding the implementation of cyber law.

Cyber Crimes within the Scope of Cyber Law

Technological advances open up huge opportunities for crime. This can be seen from the large number of cases that go to court related to digital crimes. Cases handled include misuse of technology such as the internet, hoaxes, hacking, forgery, and so on. One of the causes of cybercrime is the increasing need for computer network technology. Cybercrime is an illegal activity carried out in cyberspace with the intermediary of computers or other electronic equipment such as cellphones, smartphones carried out through global electronic networks.

Jonathan Rosenoer divides the scope of Cyberlaw into: “copyright, trademark rights, defamation, hate speech or defamation, insults, slander, hacking, viruses, illegal access, regulation of internet resources, personal security, prudence, criminal liability, procedural issues such as jurisdiction, evidence, investigation, electronic transactions, pornography, theft via the internet, consumer protection, e-commerce, e-government”.

The Problem of Determining Jurisdiction in Cyber Crimes

The uncertain determination of jurisdiction in cyberspace, as stated by Tien S. Saefullah, is that: “the jurisdiction of…