Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday ruled out that impending amendments to the Cyber Crime Act would seek to stifle freedom of expression and freedom of the media but would be in line with the United Nations (UN) Convention against Cybercrime. “We are not for censorship on the internet.” he told his weekly press conference at Freedom House, the headquarters ...
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Man faces charges for luring children, sharing explicit images on social media
A 29-year-old man is to be slapped with several cyber crime charges after investigators unearthed evidence that he allegedly lured two children under 14 years old to send explicit pictures and videos to a Snapchat account, the Guyana Police Force said. Investigators added that the pictures and videos were also posted to a Telegram group. Police said Joshua Rambarran was ...
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The Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Claudette Singh says she has lodged a report with police and cybercrime investigators about a threat on her life but she says she is not afraid of death and she vowed to get the national vote recount off the ground. “I reported it to police but also cybercrime. They have a bounty ...
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