Informatologia, Vol. 53 No. 3-4, 2020.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.32914/i.53.3-4.2
CYBERBULLYING AND CYBER-MOBBING: ISSUES IN LEGAL PRACTICE OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Alexander Vasyaev
; Department of Advocacy, Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL)
Viktor Shestak
; Department of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Criminology, MGIMO – University of the MFA of Russia, Moscow, Russian Federation
Abstract
The article subject is cyberbullying and cybermobbing. The emphasis is placed on the legal practice of combating cyberbullying and cybermobbing issues in developing countries, since these phenomena are still insufficiently studied. The developing countries legislation is compared with doctrinal and practical developments in the fight against the studied problem in developed
countries of the West and former USSR. Experiment was conducted to determine the methods effectiveness to combat cyberbullying using the social networks built-in extensions. 40 random accounts were taken in equal parts related to "male" and "female" representatives, from 18 to 30 years old. The article indicates cyber-mobbing and cyberbullying concepts and
their varieties, existing in modern world. The study examines statistical data, programs and measures of different states in fight against cyberbullying and cyber-mobbing. Experiments results showed that Instagram users are aware of the built-in extensions availability of the social network to protect against cyberbullying and use them relatively frequently. With that, female
segment of Instagram users is more concerned about comments content under their photos than the male one. Measures have been developed to prevent and counteract cyberbullying and cybermobbing, introduction of which into the states policies might help in the fight against these social phenomena.
Keywords
crime prevention; cyberbullying; cyber-mobbing; extremist crimes; Internet violence
Hrčak ID:
249843
URI
Publication date:
30.12.2020.
Visits: 2.042 *