NEW FORMS OF VIRTUAL SEXUAL VIOLENCE: PROGRESSION, PREDICTIONS AND PREVENTION

Abstract

Republic of Macedonia has developed legislation regarding traditional media, but there is
one question that remains unanswered: is there an adequate legal protection for limitation of the
access to certain pornographic electronic media on the Internet? The virtual sexual violence against
children, especially child pornography and prostitution and all other forms of child sexual abuse,
are destructive for the child's health and psychosocial development. We believe that enhanced
protection is needed, as well as the establishment of an authority which will perform a supervision
of the programs, and content with pornographic content on the Internet, and provide prohibition
on children’s access to such programs. In case of any irregularity or violation of the rules on
placing such material on the Internet, the person in charge of the supervision will be criminally
liable, and prohibition on access to concrete Internet providers, block of their web-pages and
suspension of further transfer of data and information will be provided. The Macedonian penal
system does not lag behind the rest of the countries and closely monitors all global trends in its
legislation. On the other hand, there is no legal protection which will limit the access of the children
to pornographic electronic media, especially on the Internet.