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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2022)

Personal Data Protection Cyber Security

Cyber Blackmail between Threats and Protection

A study in Egyptian and American legislations
https://doi.org/10.54873/jolets.v2i2.71
Mohamed Hassan Mekkawi
Ph.D. Candidate – Faculty of Law, Cairo University

Corresponding Author(s) : Mohamed Hassan Mekkawi

moh.mekkawi97@gmail.com

Journal of Law and Emerging Technologies, Vol. 2 No. 2 (2022)

Abstract

This research paper discusses the threats and the legal protection of the Cyber Blackmail in both the Egyptian and American Legislations. The growth of the Internet has led to the overlap between blackmail and Cybercrime where Cyber Blackmail is increasing, in light of the growing number of social media users, and the acceleration witnessed in the number of various conservation programs. With the phenomenon widely increasing in the Egyptian society in recent times, the researcher, after comparing the Egyptian legislation to the American legislation, seeks to identify the potential threats by analyzing the articles in the Egyptian legislation and identifying the needs to address and provide legal protection for this phenomenon.

Keywords

Cyber Blackmail Online Harassment Sextortion Extortion Cybercrime Digital Age الابتزاز الإلكتروني المضايقات عبر الإنترنت الابتزاز الجنسي الخصوصية الرقمية الجرائم الإلكترونية الدليل الرقمي
Mekkawi, M. (2022). Cyber Blackmail between Threats and Protection: A study in Egyptian and American legislations. Journal of Law and Emerging Technologies, 2(2), 53–116. https://doi.org/10.54873/jolets.v2i2.71
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