Cyber harassment Instances of cyber harassment accelerated after Covid pandemic forced millions of people to shift to online systems June 18, 2021 We must applaud the recent decision by a district court in Karachi to sentence a professor to a total of eight years in prison, besides imposing a fine of over Rs1 million for harassing a female teacher on the internet. The sentencing came under Section 21 (offences against modesty of a natural person and minor) of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016. According to investigators, the perpetrator had created a fake Facebook ID of the victim and was sharing a link that contained digitally altered pornographic pictures of her.