TY  - JOUR
TI  - Cyberbullying and Criminal Law
AB  - As a result of the rapid growth and availability of information and communication technology (ICT) traditional bullying andharassment activities have started to appear on the internet. Current forms of cyberbullying and cyberharassment are acause of great concern with respect to children’s safety and well-being. Cyberbullying lacks a universally accepted definition,namely there is no consensus on a single definition of cyberbullying - which is, after all, generally understood as bullyingoccurring on the internet - determined at an international or European level. However, in this study we have identified thedistinctive features of cyberbullying, that is, the high degree of anonymity, power imbalance between the offencer and thevictim, potentially public nature of cyberbullying and defencelessness of the victim, and the high probablity of repetitionwith anonymity being one of the unique features of cyberbullying. We shall analyse all these elements of cyberbullying,respectively. After this conceptual analysis, we shall assess the approaches and solutions that have been adopted towardscyberbullying in a comparative manner. Finally, we will address the question of whether acts of cyberbulllying should becriminalized and we will discuss the employability of options other than criminal law.
AU  - BOSTANCI BOZBAYINDIR, Gülşah
DO  - 10.26650/mecmua.2019.77.1.0009
PY  - 2019
JO  - İstanbul hukuk mecmuası
VL  - 77
IS  - 1
SN  - 2636-7734
SP  - 425
EP  - 450
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/331707
ER  -