Since the advent of social media, Iraq has witnessed the spread of electronic extortion crimes, such a serious crime has become a concern for all members of society, especially women and girls, where many women were killed, it amounted to murder, suicide, and sexual assault. The problem of extortion arises in a society where the family loses emotional stability, a deviation in behavior arises, this crime also has an impact on issues of honor and honor, Arab society, especially Iraq, it was considered one of the societies in which this crime represents a social disgrace that stigmatizes the family and the family, makes them the nucleus of criminal projects punishable by society.The crime of electronic extortion is also one of the new crimes due to the great progress in information technology, which made the world a small village, and facilitated many matters of life. The development of benefits in the economic, political, social and scientific aspects, however, it was not without flaws, it facilitated the emergence of a kind of translators who use these techniques to carry out their crimes through them.Electronic blackmail is the use of modern technological capabilities against victims, most of whom are women, to blackmail them financially or sexually.The seriousness of this crime lies in its ease and means available to all age groups, likewise, the ease of erasing evidence, and the family is one of the most powerful factors of social influence in shaping the human personality.If the family is healthy, then this is more conducive to adopting a sound behavior and intellectual formation for its children, but if the imbalance occurred in her being, this was a reason for the children to follow ways of deviation in behavior.

Electronic extortion, women, criminal responsibility, sexual assault, social communication, the Iraqi Penal Code.