In an effort to enhance the prohibition, prevention, detection, respond and prosecution of Cybercrime, the Senate has set up a Joint Committee to incorporate expert opinions from major stakeholders on the Cybercrime Act of 2021 and report to Plenary in the period of three weeks.
The Senate reached the decision in Session on Thursday, June 19, 2025 after a heated debate on the instrument, which was passed by the House of Representatives in 2021 and has been before the Senate for concurrence.
The Senate, having conducted series of debates on the Cybercrime Act, has instructed its Joint Committee on Post and Telecommunications, Judiciary, as well as Defense, Security, Intelligence and Veteran Affairs to take charge of a holistic mobilization of expert opinions on the instrument and provide advisement to the Senate in the scope of three weeks.
The Act seeks the development of an effective mechanism to combat cybercrimes, amongst other priorities described in the document.
Also, when passed into law, the Act will serve as a legal framework to combat threat to the development of the information system in Liberia.
In setting up the Joint Committee to conduct study on the instrument, the Pro Tempore of the Liberian Senate, Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence is quoted as saying “Cybercrime remains a rising menace to people, businesses and governments, making them vulnerable to data loss, identity theft, emotional trauma and eventually hurting their reputation.”