SEXTORTION AS A GROWING CYBERCRIME: A SOCIO-LEGAL ANALYSIS IN THE INDIAN CONTEXT
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Today technology and the internet have given people a way to express themselves, a platform for new ideas and a safe place for virtual jobs. On the one hand this has made life easier and more advanced for people. On the other hand cybercrime and its types, such as internet identity theft, revenge pornography, online child abuse, harassment of women and stalking crimes are increasing every day. The main reason for these crimes is the use of the internet such as when people share every moment and detail of their personal lives on social media without thinking about the consequences when they use social media in the wrong way and too much, when they talk to strangers online and when they send private and intimate photos and videos to people they do not know. When we use the internet in the way bad people are encouraged and they use these platforms to commit crimes. As a result innocent people become victims of cybercrime. If they refuse to do what the cybercriminals want they are threatened with more harm. Everyone knows that everything is now digital and that this can be used for crime and abuse. It is a problem that affects everyone and happens in all areas of life. Women, members of the community and teenagers are the most common targets of these crimes.
This paper will discuss the meaning and concept of sextortion crime, the history of sextortion crime analysis of laws related to it, types of sextortion and ways to prevent it with a focus, on the community. The main goal is this article to understand sextortion crime and how it affects people in the Indian community.
This paper will discuss the meaning and concept of sextortion crime, the history of sextortion crime analysis of laws related to it, types of sextortion and ways to prevent it with a focus, on the community. The main goal is this article to understand sextortion crime and how it affects people in the Indian community.
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Mar 24 2026
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Yadav, M. (2026). Sextortion as a Growing Cybercrime: A Socio-Legal Analysis in the Indian Context. International Journal of Science, Strategic Management and Technology, 02(03). https://doi.org/10.55041/ijsmt.v2i3.181
Yadav, Manoj. "Sextortion as a Growing Cybercrime: A Socio-Legal Analysis in the Indian Context." International Journal of Science, Strategic Management and Technology, vol. 02, no. 03, 2026, pp. . doi:https://doi.org/10.55041/ijsmt.v2i3.181.
Yadav, Manoj. "Sextortion as a Growing Cybercrime: A Socio-Legal Analysis in the Indian Context." International Journal of Science, Strategic Management and Technology 02, no. 03 (2026). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.55041/ijsmt.v2i3.181.
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2.https://uptoword.com/hi/sextortion-meaning-in-hindi
3.https://pcar.org/sexual-extortion
4.https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sextortion
5.Sexual Extortion as an Act of Corruption: Legal and Institutional Response, Marija Risteska PhD. Ljupka Trajanovska MA, ISBN:978-92-9271-008-8, December 2021, www.osce.org/skopje
6.Transparency International the global coalition against corruption, Criminalising sextortion: challenges and alternatives, author Guilherme France, date:8 june 2022 tihelpdesk@transparency.org .
7.https://m.timesofindia.com/city/jammu/jammu-kashmir-becomes-first-state-to-criminalize-sextortion-of-women/amp_articleshow/67101427.cms
8.https://grasssodefense.com/cyberstalking-revenge-porn-sextortion-laws/
9.https://indiaexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/india-top-10-sextortion-country-how-to-protect-from-cyber-attack-6380192/
10.https://ijlpp.com/online-gender-harassment-legal-framework-analysis-on-revenge-porn-and-sextortion/
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