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Cyber Crime Against Women and Regulations in Australia

Cyber Crime Against Women and Regulations in Australia
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Copyright: 2012
Pages: 8
Source title: Cyber Crime and the Victimization of Women: Laws, Rights and Regulations
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Debarati Halder (Centre for Cyber Victim Counselling (CCVC), India) and K. Jaishankar (Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-830-9.ch008
ISBN13: 9781609608309
ISBN10: 1609608305
EISBN13: 9781609608316

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Abstract

This chapter deals with the legal regulations that protect Australian women in cyber space. Various issues that are discussed in this chapter are: Cyber harassments including hacking and hacking related offences against women and regulatory provisions, Stalking women and the concerned laws, Harassments, threatening, blackmailing, defamation and related laws. Legal approach to problems of ‘forced pornography’, obscenity and the Liability of the ISPs as per the Australian laws are also discussed. The chapter ends with a discussion. In this chapter as strong emphasis is made on the need for new laws that will protect Australian women in cyber space as a serious lacuna is found in this issue.

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