Abstract
The author in the article considers informational counteraction to terrorist activities as a factor in countering crime in the fight against terrorist entities to protect the state and social system, as well as the rights and freedoms of citizens. The article analyses the legal and regulatory framework governing the designation of responsibility for terrorist activities and acts of an aiding nature, as well as scientific publications and statistics in the field of criminal legal activities. The purpose of the work was to study aspects of terrorist activities and the main tasks of information counteraction as a factor in countering crime. The analysis of the concept and signs of terrorism makes it possible to determine the main features of this category of crimes through the prism of studying methods of information counteraction, which make it possible to assess the trends in the development of criminal manifestations. The peculiarities of information counteraction to terrorist activity are the determination of the main signs of terrorism, which are the factors that make up the crimes, it is the signs of terrorist activity that form the main tasks of counteracting crimes of this category. The author of the article identifies the main goals and objectives of information counteraction of terrorist activities, which form the system of protection of society and the state from criminal attacks. The analysis of the tasks of information counteraction allows us to conclude that it is necessary to comply with preventive measures to combat terrorist activities with a change in public relations in the field of informatization. The author concluded the importance of information counteraction to terrorist activities as a factor in countering crime at the modern stage of the development of state and public relations, ensuring the security of society and the state.