Challenges of law in the internet age: A brief analysis on cyber crimes

Abstract

The transformations brought about by technological advances, especially the improvement of the World Wide Web, have innovated and created ways of communicating, informing, negotiating, researching, working and even committing crimes. In this scenario, individuals began sharing experiences, facts, news, travel, and data in a matter of seconds, even though they were in different locations. In addition, the Internet has also become a space for crimes such as theft, estelionates, racism, pedophilia, etc. In the present article, what is sought is the study of the development of society under the technological bias and paired with the Law, especially regarding the material and procedural criminal provisions applicable or not in cases of crimes committed behind the screens of computer devices. It is emphasized that the method to be used will be the normative-critical one, so that there is greater effectiveness of the current legal norms.