CRIMINAL LIABILITY FOR EXTORTION IN THE DIGITAL SPACE UNDER FOREIGN LEGISLATION
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Article
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Published
Received:
11.11.2024
Accepted:
22.11.2024
Published:
09.01.2025
Language:
Russian
Keywords:
Extortion, blackmail, artificial intelligence, deepfakes, “sextortion”, aggravating circumstances
Abstract (English):
Introduction. The article is devoted to the criminal-legal analysis of the legislation of the French Republic, providing for liability for acts falling under the crimes of extortion, blackmail and other related crimes. Particular attention is paid to the method of committing these types of crimes through the use of artificial intelligence technology, "extortion programs", deepfakes. The purpose of the study is to draw conclusions about the advisability of introducing the positive experience of French criminal legislation into Russian criminal legislation. The author also considers it necessary to conduct further research in this area, since the experience of the French legal system in qualifying acts of extortion and blackmail meets the modern challenges of the real world situation. Methods. The study used the method of analysis and synthesis, the general scientific dialectical method of cognition of the surrounding reality, the comparative legal method, and the formal logical method. Results. The mechanism of committing extortion has currently undergone significant changes. With the development of artificial intelligence technologies, computerization and digitalization, the methods of this illegal act have evolved, which requires a timely response from the legislator to protect the rights and freedoms of citizens. The analyzed approach of the criminal legislation of the French Republic to solving the problems of qualifying acts falling under the composition of extortion and blackmail committed through the use of artificial intelligence, in the author's opinion, meets modern problems of combating crime.
Introduction. The article is devoted to the criminal-legal analysis of the legislation of the French Republic, providing for liability for acts falling under the crimes of extortion, blackmail and other related crimes. Particular attention is paid to the method of committing these types of crimes through the use of artificial intelligence technology, "extortion programs", deepfakes. The purpose of the study is to draw conclusions about the advisability of introducing the positive experience of French criminal legislation into Russian criminal legislation. The author also considers it necessary to conduct further research in this area, since the experience of the French legal system in qualifying acts of extortion and blackmail meets the modern challenges of the real world situation. Methods. The study used the method of analysis and synthesis, the general scientific dialectical method of cognition of the surrounding reality, the comparative legal method, and the formal logical method. Results. The mechanism of committing extortion has currently undergone significant changes. With the development of artificial intelligence technologies, computerization and digitalization, the methods of this illegal act have evolved, which requires a timely response from the legislator to protect the rights and freedoms of citizens. The analyzed approach of the criminal legislation of the French Republic to solving the problems of qualifying acts falling under the composition of extortion and blackmail committed through the use of artificial intelligence, in the author's opinion, meets modern problems of combating crime.
Keywords:
Extortion, blackmail, artificial intelligence, deepfakes, “sextortion”, aggravating circumstances
Extortion, blackmail, artificial intelligence, deepfakes, “sextortion”, aggravating circumstances
