Security and privacy of adolescents in social applications and networks: legislative aspects and legal practice of countering cyberbullying on example of developed and developing countries

Ghandour A. Shestak V. Sokolovskiy K.
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Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society
2021 #19 Issue 4 433 - 445 pp.

Purpose: This paper aims to study the developed countries’ experience on the cyberbullying legal regulation among adolescents, to identify existing shortcomings in the developing countries’ laws and to develop recommendations for regulatory framework improvement. Design/methodology/approach: The authors have studied the state regulatory practice of the UK, the USA, Canada, Malaysia, South Africa, Turkey, UAE and analyzed the statistics of 2018 on the cyberbullying manifestation among adolescents in these countries. Findings: The study results can encourage countries to create separate cyberbullying legislation and periodically review and modify already existing legislation. Originality/value: The study provides a list of the recommendations to regulate cybercrime in developing countries and prevent it as well. The results may contribute to creating laws related to the regulation of cyberbullying in countries where such legislation does not exist yet or existing regulatory legal acts do not bring the expected results, namely, in Post-Soviet countries and other developing countries of the world.

Adolescent protection , Cyberbullying , Depression , Regulations , Social networks

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College of Business, Al Ain University, AL AIN, United Arab Emirates
Department of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Criminology, MGIMO University, Moscow, Russian Federation
Department of General Subjects, Humanitarian-Technical Academy, Kokshetau, Kazakhstan

College of Business
Department of Criminal Law
Department of General Subjects

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