Current Issues of Countering Crimes Committed Using the Internet in the Conditions of Globalization

The last decades have been marked by the widespread use of the Internet in everyday life, professional activity, as well as in the field of trade and services. The use of modern information and technical means has become an integral part of the life of a modern person. With the help of information technology tools, an accelerated and remote version of simplified access to many information resources, government services and trading platforms around the world is provided. Special attention should be paid to the possibility of communication in social networks operating on the basis of the Internet, which allows people to keep in touch all over the world, regardless of location and residence. All these circumstances allow us to conclude that the steady growth in the use of the totality of modern information and technical means and resources of the Internet is a feature of the globalization process. However, like any progressive phenomena, the use of this network and its resources also has its own threats, associated, first of all, with the dissemination of inaccurate or prohibited information, psycho-emotional impact on the consciousness and behavior of the younger generation, as well as the possibility of fraudulent transactions which cause material and moral damage. The relevance of the chosen research topic is explained by the fact that at present the virtual "net" has become a convenient field for committing illegal acts, and the number of crimes and administrative offenses committed using information and telecommunication networks (including the Internet) continues to grow. The purpose of the study is to analyze the main threats to the use of the Internet in the context of globalization, as well as to search for ways and opportunities to reduce the risks of using modern information and technical means. The author comes to the conclusion that Russian legislation fragmentarily regulates relations on the Internet, which creates difficulties in countering these illegal acts.

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