Yousif Ali hassan
Abstract
I have defined digital blackmail linguistically, idiomatically and legally. I have also listed the most important causes of digital blackmail such as weakness of religious faith, exchange ...
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I have defined digital blackmail linguistically, idiomatically and legally. I have also listed the most important causes of digital blackmail such as weakness of religious faith, exchange of photos, visual clips, the spread of channels, economic factors, psychological factors, the misuse of technology, poor domestic supervision, negative social circle, emotional emptiness, answering suspicious calls and weak legislations related to digital blackmail are among many other causes. I have elaborated on the most important means used for digital blackmail such as personal photos, recorded voice calls between two parties, recorded video clips, exchanged messages, hacking private accounts on websites etc. I have also discussed the most important types of blackmail emotional and financial blackmail. The religious, psychological, security, social, moral and economic ramifications of such acts and their effects have been explained. I have also discussed the various means to address the issue most notably issuing serious strict legislations against blackmailers. Moreover, I have suggested many recommendations such as specifying a hotline to report the crimes of blackmailers, achieving the highest level of cooperation between security agencies and the communications network, conducting campaigns to educate people about the ventures of blackmail, deleting all phone numbers that were not officially registered under the names of persons, conducting education courses on the proper use of modern technology, trying to find a solution for the problem of unemployment by founding new factories. I then examine the jurisprudential adaptation of the penalty of digital blackmail in sharia law and in the Iraqi Penal Code, and conclude by attempting a comparison between this phenomenon and the felonies of threatening and money laundering and the Islamic and legal ruling for each crime. I also discussed flogging as a punishment for digital blackmail in the diferent schools of thought and the definition of detention and its types in the Islamic and Iraqi legal law.
