The Civil Liability for Harmful Prank
(A comparative study)
The tremendous development in the field of mobile phones and micro video cameras of high resolution, over the last years, led to the emergence of the phenomenon of Harmful Prank, where some of the teenagers and young adults physically or sexually abuse children and passers-by, record these scenes of abuse and broadcast via mobile phones or the Internet for banter and entertainment. This, in turn, leads to serious damage to the injured person. The harmful prank raises new legal problems concerning the civil liability for harmful prank, particularly because of the ambiguity of the legal status of the person who filmed the assaulted the others through the Internet or mobile phones; and the extent of civil liability for internet intermediaries for harmful prank. This requires the intervention of the legislature to issue a special legal system on civil liability for harmful prank. This special legal system varies depending on the nature of the role played by each responsible person, faces the new problems of the digital age, puts an end to harmful prank, limits its harmful effects, and transforms the harmful prank to harmless prank.