Regarding to the assignment of Media Culture, this is the question below:
What is ACT114A?
How would ACT114A affect you?
Does it really matter?
Should you be concerned?
What Is ACT 114A?
For what I know about the ACT 114A is actually called "Presumption of fact in publication" which is the new amendments to the Evidence of Act 1950 that has been approved in parliament on April 2012 and officially released to the whole country in 31 July 2012. Not many people did not know what is this Act 114A actually and also not aware what kind of purpose of this act. But, they will become under this act if they were an internet user such for example a person like me.
Expectation the purposes of ACT 114A :-
- To defame the person who misused the original account for the unexpected and accidental purposes
How Does This ACT 114A Affects You?
Well, apparently, this act has been affecting us...I mean EVERY ONE OF US for those using the internet, computers or mobile-phones and this act brings much worst than goods. To take example like me, as a student, which uses an internet through an electronic mobile devices such as computer, or a smartphone like tablet or Ipad, can be in high risk. This happens when someone like me updates new post on a Kopitiam thread in Lowyat Forum for example, under my account ( that been set into auto-login whenever i open in lowyat forum website ) and been borrowed by my friends which they wanted to updates theirs. But, apparently, they didn't sign out my account and that thread has been automatically posted inside the thread under my username. Due to this matter, the Kopitiam thread starter discovers the post that my friends posted and wants to sue them. But instead, they sue me as the post was under my account. Under the Act 114A, I have been banned or guilt of posting in Kopitiam thread which can be sued and somehow need to prove my innocence So yea, it is risk after all.
Does It Really Matters?
For me, as a student, YES!! IT DOES REALLY MATTERS!!
But, the problem is that we cannot blame the person who uses our account to post because the person totally forgot to log out before he could do such thing.
Should You Be Concerned?
To me, as a student, from my point of view, I think that this act should have been revised and think twice before launching during the 1950. As from my view, this ACT 114A did not fulfill this purpose completely.
You're too late my man~~~ haha... anyway, gud job!
ReplyDeletehaha, i really did try my best due that i'm currently at K.T, finding wifi lol :3
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