This document discusses the issues of electronic defamation and cybercrime in the digital age. It notes that technological advancements have increased opportunities for such crimes online and made perpetrators difficult to identify. Specifically, it examines defamation through spreading rumors or private information online without consent. The document outlines the legal challenges around proportional enforcement of laws for online crimes. It also analyzes data on complaints received about different types of illegal internet content, finding that the majority relate to social media like Facebook. In conclusion, it states that addressing electronic crimes requires specific legal definitions, international cooperation between law enforcement, and vigilance from internet users.

1. Electronic Defamation
2nd Gymnasium of Xanthi Greece

2. The big evolution of computer
science and the fact that the Web has
been made an important basic tool
both for work and entertainment,
converts the digital information in a
new basic good which must be
protected by law.

3. The problem
It’s a fact that technological
reality requires immediate legal
solutions to the problems that
arise especially in the field of
criminal law under which comes
electronic defamation and cyber
crime by extension.

4.  The proportional enforcement of law is
not permitted. This means, that any other
provision of law can’t be enforced
proportionally running the risk of leaving a
crime unpunished.
The difficulty in finding the “doer”, who
because of the technological applications has
the ability to “hide” relatively easily, makes the
law difficult to be enforced to specific
individuals.
The two major issues that arise are the following

5. Cybercrime

6. There is no specific definition on
cybercrime. In essence however,
it is crime which is directly related
to the abuse of the possibilities
There is no specific definition of
cybercrime. In essence, however,
it is crime which is directly related
to the abuse of the possibilities
of computers.

7. The main categories of cybercrime under the
Criminal Code are the following:
 Computer fraud
Defamation
 Illegal copy or use
of computer programs

9. Defamation, done through
the Internet is when someone
spreads rumors for someone
else or reveals an event
that can harm his honor or
reputation

10. A typical example is the
spreading of offensive
comments about someone
else's personality , through the
technological potential of views
exchange offered by e.g. a blog
or a forum.

11. The defamation is characterized
as slanderous if the offensive
event which is being spread is
falsehood and when the
responsible for the hearsay
knew it is falsehood.

12. ΤΗΕ DANGERS
 The enumeration of the crimes above
have prung from technological rise,
though undoubtedly positive,
it is pregnant with many dangers.
Firstly, these dangers are coming from
the bad use of technology and they are
flourishing (as we said before), because of
the anonymity that prevails over the
internet.

13. Electronic dangers
 Personal data protection
 Access to inappropriate
 Code theft
 On-line frauds cyber crime
 False profiles
 Personality offense and frauds
 Digital harassment

14. So anyone can come to the conclusion that the
solution to the complex issue of e-crime-part of
which is e-defamation is not simple. It requires
Legislative provision of specific forms of crime.
The international cooperation of law enforcement
authorities in prosecution level, evidence collection
and investigation of offenses.
Finally, the vigilance and of the user himself. The
user must follow some basic rules of protection and
not take actions that are not recommended because
of the risk involved.

15. Safeline, the Greek open call line
accepting complaints about illegal
content on the Internet, has recently
handled 1807 complaints made in a
few months period. 565 of these are
about social networking sites and
specifically Facebook.
The Facebook dominates complaints
about Internet.

16. Complaints about
Internet; 27%
the spam and
phishing; 27%
Complaints about
Internet; 15%
personal data
abuse; 15%
Complaints about
Internet; 14%
the violation in
communications ;
14%
the accusations
for insults and
slanderous
defamation
through the
Internet
13%
financial frauds
13%
Complaints about
Internet; 18%
other; 18%

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