Classifications of Cybercrimes-Based Legislations: A Comparative Research between the UK and KSA
Fahad Abdullah Moafa
Abstract
Recent developments in the communications and Information Technology opened wide door on new applications that enable transmitting information accurately and quickly. These developments have of course negative aspects such as enable the cyber predators to conduct their online attacks against the victims. These attacks are called cybercrimes which take many forms. In this paper, cybercrimes in the United Kingdom and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are highlighted and debated as well as discussing cybercrime types in these countries. Furthermore, this paper depends on the comparison between the UK and KSA legislations to combat the cyber harassments. Where, the UK and KSA legislations were classified according to specific cybercrime types. Moreover, the objective if this research is to improve KSA legislations in terms of combating the new types of cybercrimes appeared based on the UK combating actions.
Keyword
Cybercrime, Cyber-Bullying, Cyber-Stalking, Cyber-Harassment, Cybercrime Legislation.