الطبيعة الخاصة لجرائم الذم و القدح و التحقير المرتكبة عبر مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي

Abstract EN

This paper is a descriptive sftidy of the special nature of the crimes libel and slander and disgrace Carried out through social access sites, in order to determine the extent to which the Jordanian legislator complies with the principle of legality 011 the one hand and the impunity of criminals on the other hand.

The researcher reviewed the special nature of the crimes of slander, slander and abuse committed through social media sites the terms of means and public, indicating the procedures for initiating criminal action and the penalty prescribed for such crimes.

The study concluded that the Jordanian legislator in the Cybercrime Law No.

27 of 2015 increased the punishment when it combined the imprisonment and the fine together and authorized the arrest of the offender in violation of what is stipulated in the Penal Code for the same crime: Located by electronic means.