Business News of Sunday, 24 November 2019Source: www.citibusinessnews.comUrsula-Owusu asks int’l community to probe application of cyber-space lawsUrsula Owusu-Ekuful, Minister of CommunicationsThe Minister for Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has asked the international community to interrogate the application of international law in cyberspace. According to the Minister, further clarity is needed on this issue with the growth of the global digital economy. Delivering a keynote speech at the formal opening of the Octopus Conference 2019 in Strasbourg, France, the Minister challenged the international community to test the application of existing international laws in dealing with global cyber-crime threats. Mrs Owusu-Ekuful asked the audience to urgently consider the answers to questions which constitute test cases for the application of existing international norms to cyber-security incidents. What are the existing international mechanisms for cross border investigations into such cases?

Source: GhanaWeb November 24, 2019 06:33 UTC