Original Scientific Paper
Vol.11, No 1, 2013 pp. 39-48
UDC 343.54:004.738.5
STALKING AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT ON THE INTERNET
Vida Vilić
Faculty of Law, University of Niš, Serbia
E-mail: vila979@gmail.com
Given all the possibilities offered by the Internet and global social networks, there has been an increase of cyberspace abuse. Some of the most common forms of abuse are cyber stalking and sexual harassment on the Internet.
Illicit behaviors such as stalking and sexual harassment have always been exclusively related to close physical contact between the perpetrator and the victim. However, the issue of close physical contact has been made completely immaterial by the emergence of cyberstalking and sexual harassment on the Internet, which are still largely unregulated in the Serbian legislation. In this paper, the author's aim is to highlight the characteristics of stalking and sexual harassment in cyberspace, point to the similarities and differences between such conduct in the online and offline environment, and examine the possibilities for preventing this type of abuse and violation of privacy.
The risk of abuse may only be reduced by providing for a further development of compatible standards and legislation. The existing legal standards and the emerging legislation must be very flexible in order to keep up with the daily developments in computer technology and innovations.
Key words:
social networks, abuse, stalking, harassment, cyberspace
PROGANJANJE I SEKSUALNO UZNEMIRAVANJE PUTEM INTERNETA
Uz sve mogućnosti koje pružaju internet i društvene mreže, zabeležen je porast zloupotreba vezanih za virutelni prostor. Jedan od najčešćih vidova zloupotrebe je proganjanje i uznemiravanjee korišćenjem internet komunikacija.
Ponašanje poput proganjanja i seksualnog uznemiravanja uvek su se vezivali isključivo za blizak fizički kontakt nasilnika i žrtve. Proganjanje i seksualno uznemiravanje putem interneta predstavljaju veliki, u Srbiji još uvek pravno neregulisan problem, koji u potpunosti relativiziraju pitanje blizine. Cilj rada je da ukaže na karakteristike proganjanja i seksualnog zlostavljanja u virtuelnom prostoru, sa sličnostima i razlikama u odnosu na ista ponašanja u offline environment, kao i na mogućnosti sprečavanja ovog vida zlostavljanja i narušavanja privatnosti.
Samo razvijanjem kompatibilnih standarda i pravnih propisa ovakve inovacije mogu da se razvijaju uz smanjenje rizika od njihove zloupotrebe. Pravni standardi i zakoni koji tek nastaju moraju biti veoma fleksibilni da bi mogli da prate svakodnevni razvoj kompjuterske tehnologije i inovacija.
Ključne reči:
društvene mreže, zloupotreba, proganjanje, seksualno uznemiravanje, virtuelni prostor.
