Cyberviolence and online harassment: lawyer in Alicante

Phone monitoring, constant messages, fake profiles or sharing of intimate photos. Digital violence is still violence, and the Criminal Code punishes it. We help you preserve the evidence and report it.

Reviewed by Celeste Pérez Bleda, Bar member no. 7301 · Updated October 2026

In short

Digital violence can amount to several offences: harassment or stalking (article 172 ter of the Criminal Code), which includes repeatedly contacting someone by any means and creating fake profiles using the victim’s image; discovery and disclosure of secrets by accessing another person’s phone or accounts (article 197.1); and distribution of intimate images without consent (article 197.7), which since Organic Law 10/2022 also punishes anyone who forwards them. When the offender is a partner or former partner, the penalties are higher.

Conduct that is a criminal offence

Harassment: watching, following or repeatedly contacting someone by messages, calls or social media (article 172 ter).
Fake profiles: using another person’s image to open profiles or post adverts that lead to them being harassed or humiliated (article 172 ter.5).
Phone monitoring: accessing messages, emails or accounts without permission (article 197.1).
Sharing intimate images: sharing intimate photos or videos without consent, even if they were obtained with consent, and forwarding them (article 197.7).
Threats and coercion by digital means.

How to preserve the evidence

Do not delete conversations or block anyone before saving the evidence.
Take screenshots that show the date, the time and the profile or number they came from.
To make the evidence stronger, a notarial certificate (acta notarial) can be drawn up or a digital forensics expert report commissioned.
If images have been shared, ask the platform to remove them. The Spanish Data Protection Agency (Agencia Española de Protección de Datos) has a priority channel for these cases.

What we do

We assess which offences are involved, prepare the complaint with properly documented digital evidence, apply for measures such as a ban on communication and take action to have the content removed. If you are the one accused, we analyse the authenticity and integrity of the digital evidence submitted.

A growing problem among young people. In an interview on Cadena SER (Radio Elda) (in Spanish) on 25 November 2024, Celeste Pérez Bleda warned that gender violence is reaching ever younger ages and that social media amplifies jealousy and control. She also pointed out that sharing images or videos without consent is a form of digital violence.