On the Influence of Destructive Internet Structures on the Process of Radicalization of Youth: Status, Ways of Counteraction

Unfortunately, among the Russian youth, radical views based on the support and promotion of violent methods of solving any emerging situations are becoming widespread. On the one hand, these views are closely related to the ideas of extremism and terrorism, on the other hand, radical views are very aggressive. This process is directly related to informatization and digitalization, since from the moment the Internet became an integral part of the life of a modern person, representatives of the younger generation have almost entirely moved to interact in the Internet space. The virtualization of the life of today's youth has a number of negative circumstances, one of which is the impossibility of fully ensuring the closure of access to destructive Internet structures. The purpose of writing the presented work is to study the influence of destructive Internet structures on the process of radicalization of modern youth. The author comes to the conclusion that the radicalization of young people is a natural process, objectively conditioned not by the desire to support specific illegal ideas regarding manifestations of aggression, but is primarily focused on the desire of representatives of this category of the population to stand out and take an advantageous place in society. Given the given nature of this social phenomenon, in order to transform the views of the younger generation, it is necessary to more clearly demonstrate the possibilities of their development without illegal behavior. In recent years, a number of measures have been taken to regulate the features of restricting and prohibiting access to Internet resources of certain content, however, in the context of large-scale blocking of many sites and communities, the practice of using various special services and programs that provide access to any resources is significantly expanding. Attention is focused on the prospects for reorienting the values of representatives of this category of the population through involvement in youth policy and other areas that can arouse real interest.

radicalization of youth, spread of illegal views among young people, youth extremism and terrorism, destructive Internet structures, blocking of Internet resources