Technology and the Laws

Presently, we are living in a world of technology. We have our computers, cellular phones, cameras and the likes. In this age of modern technology, do we have sufficient laws? Is Cyber crime law enough to govern?

Social media is one of the most abused product of technology that we have today. Not so long ago, Facebook was introduced to the society and became a hit. In the past years, Facebook had been consistently upgrading and updating their system so that each account owner may change the privacy settings that suits him. But when we change the privacy settings of our posts, are we really in scope of privacy?

Recently, the Supreme Court decided the case Vivares v STC. In the decision, the Court discussed responsible social networking or the observance of the "netiquettes". It was held that if you post a picture and set the privacy to "Friends Only", it cannot be said that it is very private because the picture can be easily shared by your friends and that they can tag someone so that it will be available to them. On the other hand, if a post was set to "Me Only" privacy setting, it is implied that there is no intent to have the picture broadcast publicly.