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The crucial role of cyberspace attracted the special attention of the governments in different countries, which consider it both as a challenge and an opportunity. One of the key policies and preventive measures adopted concerning the challenges posed by the cyberspace is it regulation. In fact, there are only a few states have not taken any steps in regulating their cyberspace. This paper seeks to demonstrate a set of policy proposals for the Islamic Republic of Iran through the study of three leading but different precedents in regulating the cyberspace, including the United States, the European Union, and China. This study employs a descriptive-analytical model, which recommends placing the main investment in and concentration on the final user, employing economic strategies, special attention to governmental and public institutions, prioritizing content removal over blocking, negotiating an agreement with foreign service providers, drafting a content rating system, and using international capacities for cooperation. Accordingly, the final policy proposals for the Islamic Republic of Iran would be decentralization, user-oriented decisions, prioritizing removal over blocking, and monitoring over filtering.

The article presents the results of an aesthetic study of content and visual forms on Instagram, a relatively new social media platform. The study focuses on how the products of digital technology, understood as new artifacts within the postmodern aesthetic framework, have been taken up within the digital culture. The results of the research help us to understand the characteristics of this new social media platform, indicating that Instagram has been highly successful in changing aesthetic criteria and standards and creating new aesthetic forms and content.

Harassment-based crimes targeting the spiritual integrity of victims are among the most numerous and varied offenses in cyberspace, ,which can be categorized under the general title of harassment in cyberspace. According to the unique properties and meta-variables of information and communication technology, the rate of harassment crime in cyberspace is more than that of real space. This study, a descriptive-analytical meta-analysis, aims to critically examine personality-based crimes and harassment in cyberspace. It seeks to identify the types of crimes, the characteristics of the victims, and the criminal profiles of the offenders. Findings reveal that these crimes are predominantly perpetrated by young men with diverse motivations, particularly of a sexual nature, targeting teenage girls. Based on these findings, it is recommended that legislators adopt a differential and aggravated approach to criminalize harassment against women and children. Additionally, addressing the role and needs of victims in crime responses is crucial. Furthermore, identifying and criminalizing emerging personality-based behaviors, balancing crime platform filtering, adopting participatory criminal policies involving non-governmental organizations, empowering users with preventive oversight and technical measures, and enhancing media literacy and cultural norm-setting are essential strategies for combating personality-based crimes.