Cybercrime perspectives to the ‘ENDSARS’ protest in Nigeria

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2022-11-17 DOI:10.1080/10246029.2022.2141128

Newman U. Richards, Felix E. Eboibi

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Cybercrime investigators, in an attempt to rid Nigeria of cybercrime, go about arresting and demanding for digital devices, of unsuspecting members of the public, especially Nigerian youths. Upon seizing these digital devices, they compel the owners to surrender security features to gain access to the devices to fish for cybercrime evidence. The rampant nature of this investigative process partly culminated in the recent ‘ENDSARS’ protests in Nigeria that commenced in cyberspace with the hashtag #ENDSARS NOW. Although the ENDSARS protest has become a topic of discourse in the news, literature, and academic domain, there seems to be limited or no literature on the cybercrime perspectives of the protests. This paper seeks to answer the question: To what extent can cybercrime investigators legally gain access to digital devices and social networks of persons? It concludes that to avoid future protests against cybercrime investigators, implementing a structured cybercrime investigation process in conformity with best practices, as it is done in developed economies like the United States of America, is suggested.

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尼日利亚“ENDSARS”抗议活动的网络犯罪视角

为了使尼日利亚摆脱网络犯罪，网络犯罪调查人员开始逮捕和要求毫无戒心的公众，特别是尼日利亚的年轻人提供数字设备。在没收这些数字设备后，他们迫使所有者放弃安全功能，以获得对设备的访问权限，以获取网络犯罪证据。这一调查过程的猖獗，在一定程度上达到了尼日利亚最近的“ENDSARS”抗议活动的高潮，该抗议活动在网络空间以#ENDSARS NOW为标签开始。尽管ENDSARS抗议活动已成为新闻、文学和学术领域的话题，但似乎很少或没有文献从抗议活动的网络犯罪角度进行讨论。本文试图回答这样一个问题:网络犯罪调查人员在多大程度上可以合法地访问数字设备和人们的社交网络?报告的结论是，为避免今后对网络犯罪调查人员的抗议，建议按照最佳做法实施结构化的网络犯罪调查程序，就像在美利坚合众国等发达经济体所做的那样。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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