A torture-free cyber space : a human right

Newbery, SL; Dehghantanha, A

Abstract

Definitions of torture range from the emotive to the legal. The media sometimes uses the term in a loose or informal sense – for example, to refer to the pain felt when one's sports team loses a crucial game. This dangerous practice detracts from the severity of torture as defined in law. When international human rights instruments describe the treatment of prisoners as torture, they are referring to severe suffering. News reports also use the term in a non-legal, informal sense to refer to the effects of cyber-bullying. In some instances cyber-bullying can meet the severity-of-suffering aspect of the legal definition of torture, as we will examine.

Citation

Newbery, S., & Dehghantanha, A. (2017). A torture-free cyber space : a human right. Computer Fraud and Security, 2017(11), 14-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1361-3723%2817%2930083-0

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jul 17, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Nov 23, 2017
• Publication Date: Nov 23, 2017
• Deposit Date: Aug 3, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 23, 2018
• Journal: Computer Fraud & Security
• Print ISSN: 1361-3723
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Volume: 2017
• Issue: 11
• Pages: 14-19
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1361-3723%2817%2930083-0
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1361-3723(17)30083-0
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