AMMAN — The number of cases related to
electronic extortion and defamation, which were dealt with by the Cyber-Crime
Unit of the
Criminal Investigation Department reached 9,275 cases in 2021,
according to the unit’s head Mahmoud Al-Maghairah, in a statement on Tuesday,
carried by Al- Mamlaka TV.
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Maghairah said
that during 2019, the unit dealt with 2,648 complaints related to blackmail and
cyberbullying, while the number of complaints during 2020, reached 3,284. women constituted 70 percent of extortion
victims in 2021, said Maghairah, and 5 percent of children are exposed to
electronic violence.
There have not
been any cases of suicide recorded as a result of electronic blackmail, but
such practices “may lead to thoughts of suicide, especially among adolescents,”
according to Hadeel Abdel Aziz, Executive Director of the Justice Center for
Legal Aid.
Maghairah stated
that “hacking social media accounts is one of the methods of blackmail,” and
advised social media users to “not save private photos on social media.”
Maysa Rawashdeh, professor
of sociology at the
University of Jordan called for “monitoring electronic
devices and setting specific hours for their use. She pointed out that “the penalty against a
person who reveals another individual’s confidential information is a minimum
of two-year imprisonment, noting that the cybercrime law does not yet have
provisions on electronic extortion.
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