On the evidentiary value of information obtained in criminal proceedings with the use of modern information technologies: some aspects, problems and possible solutions

The life of a modern person is closely connected with information technologies, since the latter are used extremely often both in professional activities and in everyday activities. However, the introduction of information technologies has not only a positive impact on the development of many spheres of life of society and the state, but also their use allows criminal communities to commit more large-scale and sophisticated illegal acts. Informatization and digitalization of many areas of modern life cause a large-scale spread of electronic relationships. In this case, the electronic format of activity may be more vulnerable to criminals, since at present, investigative and judicial practice does not take into account all the ways of various actions with information that are important for the disclosure, investigation of a crime and consideration of a case in court. The purpose of writing a research paper is to analyze certain aspects of the use of information obtained in criminal proceedings using modern information technologies, identify existing problems and identify priority ways to solve them. The author comes to the conclusion that there are a number of gaps in the current Russian criminal procedure legislation related to the use of electronic and digital information as evidence. Attention is focused on the impossibility of a full-fledged study of such resources in the process of investigative actions provided for by law, since they do not take into account the specifics of the content of the object and are directly related to the electronic media. It is noted that there is a need for legislative consolidation of the categories of "electronic evidence" and "digital evidence", as well as specialized investigative actions to attract them.

criminal proceedings, evidence, modern information technologies, digitalization of criminal proceedings, electronic information technologies of proof