Abstract
The internet is a modern means of communication, alongside “traditional” mass media such as newspapers, radio and television. Especially with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the increase in the number of internet users brings with it the violations of personal rights to reputation that take place online. According to a study conducted in April 2020, 4.57 billion people across the world wereusing the internet, which amounts to a 7% increase since April 2019. As to social media users, the figure is 3.81 billion, which again presents an increase of more than 8% since April 2019.2 The increase in the number of internet users can lead to a rise in the attacks that take place online, particularly those that damage a person’s reputation.
 
 This paper aims to consider the importance of personal rights and the violation of such rights through the internet, giving case examples to illustrate how sometimes these rights can be protected, yet at other times they cannot. This paper consists of two parts; in the first part of our study, personal rights and the role of the internet in damaging a person’s reputation under the tort of defamation will be examined. Thereafter; part two will take into account the role of the
 internet in damaging reputation under the tort of misuse of private information, thus giving case examples to illustrate how a person’s reputation cannot always be protected online.
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