Tyrone Carlo M.

Hernandez Technology and the

Law
2013-0302 Atty. Romulo De rano
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Cr"t"#ue $a%er on $ro&e''or L"''"g(' "Law Cour'e
$ro&e''or L"''"g on the 'tart o& h"' )"deo a'*ed u' how cy+er'%ace get'
regulated. ,"r't and &oremo't- whene)er we hear .cy+er'%ace/- u'ually 0 out
o& 10 %eo%le w"ll an'wer that "t "' the 1nternet- ,ace+oo*- Tw"tter- etc. 2ho
can +lame them &or 'uch an'wer' &or the age "& we l")e "n now "' commonly
re&erred to a' the .D"g"tal Age/. He ment"oned that cy+er'%ace a' a '%ace o&
'oc"al +eha)"or. row"ng u% a' a ch"d- 1 &ondly remem+er my mom and 1
record"ng our me''age' "n a ta%e recorder &or my Dad who wa' wor*"ng
a+road that wa' technology +ac* "n the day. 3ut now cy+er'%ace "' u'ed a' a
mean' o& 'oc"al +eha)"or that %eo%le can 4nd money- 5o+ o%%ortun"t"e'- e)en
lo)e on the "nternet and the way we act a+out "t tend' to d"'%lay how our
+eha)"or "' %atterned +y the u'e o& the cy+er'%ace a' the "nternet nowaday'.
one are the day' that we ha)e to go to our &a)or"te record' 'tore to +uy the
late't al+um o& our &a)or"te '"nger or +and or to go to +oo*'tore' to chec*
out "& Dan 3rown and !ohn r"'ham ha)e relea'ed a new +oo*. ,or tho'e
th"ng' now are read"ly acce''"+le "n the 1nternet &or a %r"ce.
1n h"' )"deo- he told u' that there are 6 mode' o& regulat"on' and they
are law- norm'- arch"tecture and mar*et. 7ach ha' "t' own character"'t"c' a'
am%ly d"'cu''ed +y h"m. 3ut "n th"' d"g"tal age we l")e "n we ha)e our own
regulat"on wh"ch "' the cy+er'%ace regulat"on. 3ut aga"n- can "t +e regulated8
1 th"n* that regulat"ng cy+er'%ace can do good and +ad.
The good way "' that we can regulate the u'e o& the "nternet &or "t ha'
+ecome the med"um &or ch"ld tra9c*"ng- 'ell"ng o& drug'- and e)en
%ro't"tut"on. The a&orement"oned th"ng' are 'o ram%ant nowaday' that we
'ee "n the e)en"ng new' that the %ol"ce ra"ded a .cy+er'e: den/ that cater'
to &ore"gner' who %ay money to watch underage ch"ldren to %er&orm 'e:ual
act' 5u't to 'at"'&y the"r &et"'he'. 1 +el"e)e that my ha)"ng 'tr"ct re'tr"ct"on' to
the u'e o& the cy+er'%ace w"ll +e +ene4c"al &or our 'oc"ety. 3ut the ma"n
%ro+lem o& "t "' whether or not our country- the $h"l"%%"ne'- ha' enough
mechan"'m' or technology to %ut a 'to% to th"' *"nd o& '"c* act")"t"e'.
3ecau'e "& we do we w"ll +e a+le to 'ee "t on the new' that "t ha' +een w"%ed
out or le''en +ut truth "'- 'adly- "t "' not.
2h"le the +ad "' when "t "n&r"nge' the con't"tut"onal r"ght to %r")acy o&
commun"cat"on and corre'%ondence. 1 would not go to deta"l' on how "t "'
cr"t"c"zed &or there are )olum"nou' d"'cu''"on' already made a+out "t. The
#ue't"on "' how do we g")e a +alance toward' the good and the +ad8 Doe'
one outwe"gh the other8 1n $ro&e''or Le''"g(' )"deo he ga)e u' "n'"ght' a+out
th"'.
1n my o%"n"on- cy+er'%ace a' a mode o& regulat"on 'hould ha)e a
+alanced a%%roach to "m%ro)e 'oc"ety a' a whole +ut at the 'ame t"me
%rotect"ng our con't"tut"onal r"ght'. 2e l")e "n a not-'o %er&ect world that
%eo%le 'ay .only the 'trong 'ur)")e/. 1 %er'onally +el"e)e that we cannot l")e
w"thout cy+er'%ace. ,or they ma*e our com%l"cated l")e' much ea'"er. 1 5u't
ho%e one day- %eo%le w"ll regard cy+er'%ace a' a med"um "n "m%ro)"ng not
only our l")e' +ut al'o the 'oc"ety we l")e "n.