Parliamentary Security pledges to pass the Information Crimes Law: It will limit the crimes of extor

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[size=52]Parliamentary Security pledges to pass the Information Crimes Law: It will limit the crimes of extortion and incitement[/size]

[size=45]The Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee considered, on Friday, the adoption of the Information Crimes Law, which will limit the crimes of extortion and incitement, and aims to pursue the pages and websites of extremism and terrorism that are run by “hostile” parties to Iraqi society.[/size]
[size=45]Committee member Ahmed Rahim al-Moussawi said, "His committee is determined to pass the law during the current parliamentary session to protect society from terrorist ideas, hostile extremism, and pages and communication sites that support ISIS and other terrorist and criminal gangs."[/size]
[size=45]He stressed, "The law will not target freedom of expression or restrict personal opinions and ideas, but rather pursue fake pages that promote, directly or indirectly, the destruction and dismantling of society and creating chaos in all fields."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Moussawi added, "Many communication sites have become a great danger, more severe than terrorism, murder, and organized crime, which negatively affected wide social segments, most notably adolescents and boys, and pushed them to unacceptable and forbidden behaviors, most notably suicide, drugs, and others."[/size]
[size=45]A member of the Parliamentary Security Committee in the Iraqi Parliament pointed out, “The most prominent reasons for the escalation of electronic extortion crimes in the country are the absence of oversight and deterrent measures against the poisoned black pages, which caused many victims and caused the destruction of many families and other repercussions.”[/size]
[size=45]The draft law, the draft of which was discussed in 2007 and then made public in 2011, faced criticism and rejection by civil society organizations and local and international oversight bodies along the way.[/size]
[size=45]In the year 2018, representatives of a spectrum of civil society organizations met with then-Vice Speaker of Parliament Hassan Al-Kaabi and came out with an agreement on a new wording that takes into account the mistakes made in the initial draft, which Parliament put forward again without modification, which aroused the rejection and ire of civil society organizations, as he declared, “ The Article 38 Coalition of the Iraqi Constitution, which is a coalition concerned with freedom of expression and the press, and includes a wide range of civil society organizations, rejected the law.[/size]
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