The Liberian Senate has taken a major legislative step toward strengthening the nation’s digital and cyber security architecture by overwhelmingly passing into law the Cybercrime Act of 2025. A Senate Press Bureau press statement said the Act is a landmark legislation aimed at combating cyber threats, protecting critical information systems, and safeguarding Liberia’s growing digital infrastructure.
The Senate’s concurrence with House of Representatives followed the presentation of a comprehensive review report by the Chairman of the Committee on Post and Telecommunications, Senator Francis Dopoh II. In his summary to the body, Senator Dopoh underscored the critical nature of the legislation, defining cybercrime as “𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 (𝐈𝐂𝐓) 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.” He emphasized that the Legislature is fulfilling its duty to modernize Liberia’s digital and cyber security legal architecture to meet the evolving challenges of the 21st century.
He detailed that the review was conducted by the Joint Senate Committees on Post and Telecommunications, Judiciary, Claims, and Petitions in fulfillment of the Legislature’s duty to modernize Liberia’s digital and cyber security legal architecture. The comprehensive process included a public hearing and consideration of relevant legal, technical, and policy factors benchmarking the Act against regional and international standards, specifically those set by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union (AU). The unanimous vote by the Senate to concur with the House of Representatives signals a strong governmental commitment to establishing a robust and contemporary legal foundation capable of tackling the evolving challenges of the digital age.
