"This is a ground-breaking settlement which underlines the danger of the misuse of the internet".
Most policies will almost certainly cover misuse of the internet and will also state that the list of what can amount to gross misconduct is not exhaustive – thus giving an employer more flexibility when it comes to disciplinary action.
The World Wide Web of today was not foreseen, and neither was the possibility of misuse of the Internet.
"All who profit from the misuse of the Internet will fall victim to our upcoming reign of digital terrorism," Hagis declared.
"Misuse of the Internet to violate the law can ultimately only service to harm legitimate business," said U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway, unsealing the indictment.
Another common ethics issue involves misuse of the internet, with some rogue programs actually hijacking web traffic from other sites and transferring phone calls to their own agents.
Originally, Internet governance focused narrowly on technical aspects (i.e., protocols, infrastructure) but now has evolved to include international policy development on issues such as security, stakeholder information exchange and engagement, and, crucially, finding solutions to issues arising from the misuse of the Internet [ 61].
In one example, a 16-year-old British boy was investigated by his college over misuse of the Internet and message boards and chat room sites.
"If ISPs misuse their control of internet traffic, then these essential qualities are lost.
Schmemann : Picking up a bit where Susan was, Evgeny, in your book you talk a lot about the political uses and misuses of the Internet.
