PROTECTING DIGNITY IN CYBERSPACE: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF JUDICIAL RESPONSES TO DIGITAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION IN INDIA

PROTECTING DIGNITY IN CYBERSPACE: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF JUDICIAL RESPONSES TO DIGITAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION IN INDIA Ankit Yadav, Ph.D. (Law) - Research Scholar, University School of Law & Legal Studies (USLLS), Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU), Delhi (India) Download Manuscript doi.org/10.70183/lijdlr.2025.v03.215 The advent of digital technologies has transformed communication and access to information, but The advent of digital technologies has transformed communication and access to information, but it has also given rise to a disturbing increase in cyber-enabled crimes, disproportionately affecting women and children. Online sexual harassment, cyberbullying, image morphing, and the circulation of child sexual exploitative and abuse material (CSEAM) are becoming alarmingly widespread, often slipping through the cracks of traditional legal mechanisms.