Engaños digitales en redes sociales y mensajería: necesidad urgente de aplicar bien la ley para evitar impunidad en delitos informáticos

Cybercrime, particularly digital fraud committed through electronic means such as social media and messaging services, has steadily increased in Ecuador over the past five years, this growth is related to low digital literacy, job insecurity, and the economic fallout from COVID-19, which has pushed...

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1. Verfasser: Litardo Gaona, Chelsea Katiushka (author)
Format: bachelorThesis
Sprache:spa
Veröffentlicht: 2025
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Online Zugang:http://repositorio.ulvr.edu.ec/handle/44000/8071
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Zusammenfassung:Cybercrime, particularly digital fraud committed through electronic means such as social media and messaging services, has steadily increased in Ecuador over the past five years, this growth is related to low digital literacy, job insecurity, and the economic fallout from COVID-19, which has pushed many people to seek income online, leaving them vulnerable to scams powered by artificial intelligence capabilities capable of impersonating and luring victims. This research aims to explain why the response of Ecuadorian criminal law is insufficient. Despite the existence of legislation that criminalizes conduct such as electronic fraud, recent legal theory tends to categorize these acts as simple property crimes, making it difficult to punish those responsible, to this end, a qualitative methodology based on a critical review of national and international rulings, specialized doctrine, and interviews with justice officials is applied to identify the interpretative gaps that have fostered impunity over the last five years, the findings reveal a lack of uniform guidelines for assessing digital evidence and poor coordination between criminal prosecution and the necessary protection of personal data compromised in fraud............