{"id":609,"date":"2024-04-09T03:41:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T03:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/topic\/cyber-bullying-blackmail\/"},"modified":"2024-07-19T08:57:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T08:57:29","slug":"blackmail","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/topic\/cyberbullying\/blackmail\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackmail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blackmail contrary to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hklii.hk\/eng\/hk\/legis\/ord\/210\/s23.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">section 23<\/a> of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hklii.hk\/eng\/hk\/legis\/ord\/210\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Theft Ordinance<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hklii.hk\/eng\/hk\/legis\/ord\/210\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cap. 210<\/a>) may  be committed when cyberbullies, with a view to gaining something for themselves  or others, or with intent to cause loss to others use information and  technology systems to make unwarranted demands with menaces. Demands with  menaces are unwarranted, unless persons making them do so in the belief that they  have reasonable grounds for making the demands and that the use of menaces is a  proper means of reinforcing the demands. Blackmail is punishable on conviction  upon indictment by imprisonment for 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>Blackmail is committed by cyberbullies who, for example, have had video  recorded sexual intercourse with the victim, whom they then send messages  through information and technology systems demanding more intercourse or money  to refrain from putting the video into circulation. An example of this  situation, though involving adults, is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hklii.hk\/eng\/hk\/cases\/hkdc\/2011\/1208.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HKSAR v Chai Mei Kwan<\/a>, which resulted in  20 months\u2019 imprisonment with the defendant\u2019s plea of guilty. After having  sexual intercourse with the victim, the defendant sent him SMS messages  demanding money. In another SMS, she told him there was a video of their intimacies,  which could be distributed to \u201ceveryone\u201d. In sentencing Deputy District Judge  Joseph To remarked \u201c<em>There are two aggravating  factors in this case. Firstly, the defendant did not just utter empty words;  she had equipped herself with the video clip showing her and the victim in  compromising circumstances. Secondly, the threatened means of dissemination via  the computer must have filled the victim with alarm; it is common knowledge  that the Internet knows no borders and once uploaded information is difficult  to erase.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blackmail contrary to section 23 of the Theft Ordinance (Cap. 210) may be committed when cyberbullies, with a view to gaining something for themselves or others, or with intent to cause loss to others use information and technology systems to make unwarranted demands with menaces. Demands with menaces are unwarranted, unless persons making them do [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","topic-type":[9],"class_list":["post-609","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-type-cyberbullying"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic-type?post=609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}