Cyber Ecocide and Digital Liability as the Next Frontier of Green Criminal Law

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10.2991/978-2-38476-529-4_18How to use a DOI?

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Cyber Ecocide; Digital Liability; Green Criminal Law

Abstract

The rapid advancement of digital technology has reshaped the landscape of environmental governance, introducing new challenges in detecting, preventing, and prosecuting environmental crimes. This paper explores the emerging concept of cyber ecocide as a form of environmental crime facilitated or concealed through digital systems, such as data manipulation in emission reporting, algorithmic greenwashing, and AI-driven environmental fraud. Using a normative legal research method with statutory, conceptual, and comparative approaches, this study examines how Indonesia’s environmental criminal law can adapt to digitalized ecological harms. The analysis identifies critical legal gaps in attributing criminal liability for digital environmental offenses, particularly concerning corporate actors and automated technologies. Comparative insights from jurisdictions that integrate digital forensics and environmental monitoring illustrate potential reforms for Indonesia’s green criminal justice system. The study argues that recognizing cyber ecocide as a distinct legal category is essential to strengthen environmental accountability, ensure technological transparency, and promote ecological justice in the digital era.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Zico Junius Fernando
AU  - Firdaus Arifin
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/12/28
TI  - Cyber Ecocide and Digital Liability as the Next Frontier of Green Criminal Law
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Democracy and National Resilience 2025 (ICDNR 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 211
EP  - 219
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-529-4_18
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-529-4_18
ID  - Fernando2025
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