Criminal Law and International Law Regulations Related to Protection Against Pedophilia in Cyberspace

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to present the problem of the cyberspace pedophilia from the legal and penal perspective, while its main field of interest is to identify the main threats resulting from the lack of adequate legal protective measures both domestically and internationally. The development of contemporary information technology offers the opportunity to acquire new skills and extend one’s knowledge, however, it comes along with a number of threats that young people are most exposed to through their vulnerability to manipulation while on-line. The fast pace of the Internet growth offers limitless opportunities for cyber criminals, while the equally dynamic in-crease in the number of such crimes makes the Polish legislator unable to guarantee the adequately efficient legislative solutions to penalize the misdeeds mentioned above. The issues discussed within the following article attempt to approximate the pedophile penalizing legal regulations as well as the protective measures undertaken by the public authorities designed to prevent the acts of pedophilia within cyberspace.