PSYCHOLOGICAL VIOLENCE COMMITTED USING INFORMATION AND TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS, INCLUDING THE INTERNET: CONCEPT AND CLASSIFICATION
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Author(s): | Yanshina S. V., |
| Number of journal: | 1(70) | Date: | March 2025 |
| Annotation: | This article highlights the issues surrounding the lack of a unified understanding of the term “cyberbullying” in academic literature, as well as its legislative definition in the Russian Federation, and the inadequacy of existing account- ability measures to combat such acts. The topic under discus- sion is relevant and attracts close attention from researchers due to the increasing number of offenses with characteristics of cyberbullying committed on the Internet. The spread of these offenses is growing among minors, and mechanisms to protect victims have not been developed. The article contains an analysis of theoretical approaches to defining cyberbullying and its essence, summarizes the scientif- ic views of researchers on the indicated problems, and conducts an analysis of the types of acts containing characteristics of cyberbullying. The author concludes that the essence of cyber- bullying is the infliction of psychological violence on a victim using information and telecommunication networks (including the Internet), making cyberbullying a special type of violence and a form of harassment. Based on the conducted research, the term “psychological violence committed using information and telecommunication networks (including the Internet)” is pro- posed, defined, and the types of cyberbullying are summarized, systematized, and classified. The significance of the proposed concept and classification lies in their potential use to improve legislation, including criminal law, and law enforcement prac- tices in combating cyberbullying. Specifically, the findings can be applied to the subsequent development of proposals for establishing and differentiating responsibility for such acts. | ||
| Keywords: | cyberbullying, psychological violence, legal aspects of cyberbullying, protection of minors, cybersecurity, crimes on the Internet, counteracting cyberbullying, online harassment, crimes against the person, classification of types of cyberbullying |
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| For citation: | Yanshina S. V. Psychological violence committed using information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet: concept and classification. Biznes. Obrazovanie. Pravo = Business. Education. Law. 2025;1(70):218—223. DOI: 10.25683/VOLBI.2025.70.1233. |
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