Electronic Blackmail and its Impact on Society: - A Contemporary Jurisprudence Study
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Electronic extortion is a process of threatening and intimidating the victim by publishing pictures or film materials or leaking confidential information belonging to the victim, in exchange for payment of sums of money, or exploiting the victim to carry out illegal acts for the benefit of the extortionists, such as disclosing confidential information about the business or other illegal acts. The crime of electronic extortion is one of the crimes that have been developed due to the great progress in information technology, which has made the world a small village, and has facilitated many matters of life, and the benefits of this development in the economic, political, social and scientific aspects are not hidden, but it is not without flaws, it has facilitated Because of the emergence of a type of translators who use these techniques to carry out their crimes, electronic extortion is extortion that is carried out using modern technological capabilities against victims, most of whom are women, to blackmail them financially or sexually. . Victims are usually trolled by e-mail or various social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social media due to its wide spread and great use by all segments of society. Electronic extortion is increasing in light of the growing number of social media users and the acceleration witnessed in the number of various chat programs.
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