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ASSIGNMENT

CYBERLAW AND CRIMINAL ISSUES

This is a group assignment.

VBYL7224 - MC1

The law of defamation ensures that freedom of speech is not abused.

Discuss the above statement in relation to the laws of defamation. You must address key issues such as elements of defamation, defences and online defamation.

RULES:

1. Words: 1000-1500. A 10% under or over is accepted. Word count does not include excerpts from judgements or Acts of Parliament

2. Spacing: 1.5

3. Font: Times New Roman or Trebuchet

4. Submission Date : 12th February 2023

5. Submission method: Online

6. References: Textbooks, Acts of Parliament, Cases. NO WIKIPEDIA

PLEASE NOTE: Plagiarism is strictly forbidden and will incur a failure as well as reported to the University’s Research Ethics Committee.

SKELETAL STRUCTURE/ GUIDELINES

1. INTRODUCTION

· Definition of defamation.

· Types of defamation

2. ISSUES

· Elements of Defamation

· Defences

· Online defamation – Communications and Multimedia Act 1998.

3. CONCLUSION

Summary of your answer

SUGGESTION

Paginate

Good luck.

PLEASE NOTE that any copying from the Internet or any other source is considered plagiarism and is an automatic failure of your assignment. Reference should be made to the laws of Malaysia ONLY.