"Criminal responsibility for media crimes" Study in Iraqi law

Abstract

Media crimes are considered serious crimes due to the development of media outlets and their diversity between written, audio, visual and electronic, and this means that what is published, broadcast, broadcast or recorded reaches a large segment of society members with the possibility of profoundly influencing public opinion on a specific topic, and the media is a double-edged sword on the one hand, it is a means of spreading culture and science, conveying news and communication, and on the other hand, its impact may be negative if it is used as a tool for incitement or violence, or to transmit false news, mislead public opinion, insult individuals, public bodies and institutions, or violate privacy, and this type of crime may cause problems in Determining the true perpetrator of the media crime with the increase in the number of interlocutors in the media field, including writers, authors, publishing houses, printers, technical and executive directors, and others who have a relationship with the topic of media in general, so this study came to shed light on the concept of media crimes in Iraqi law and the criminal responsibility for these crimes and their scope, persons and images with determining the position of the Iraqi legislator towards this responsibility.