Modern digital media not only provide the ways of gaining numerous benefits, but also pose some risks. This applies to adults as well as to children and adolescents who are the victims but also perpetrators of the disjunctive use of the media. The aim of this article is to indicate antinomies in the Polish education policy regarding the secure use of digital media, mainly such as computer, smartphone, and the Internet. The research analyses the most popular portals offering the e-mail service and uses the document analysis method for indicating the inconsistency between legal acts and ordinances of the minister in charge of education and upbringing.

Constitutional and criminal aspects of the demoralisation of young people on the example of happy slapping

The concept of demoralisation has always been present among young people. One of the forms of today’s demoralisation is the so-called happy slappinng, a phenomenon involving filming people in a humiliating situation, and then publishing the recorded material on the Internet. These actions combine traditional violence with virtual violence. The rights of the individual are protected both at the international and national levels. The provisions of the constitution and other laws introduce standards for the protection of an individual against interference by third parties. Current legal regulations do not keep up with this form of crime. Therefore, the provisions of the Penal Code should be amended and activities such as happy slapping ought to be penalised as a separate type of a crime. This would enable efficient proceedings in such cases and provide more effective protection for the victims.