Current threats to the information security of children on the Internet: problems and solutions

Digitalization, destructive communication, illegal content, information security, children's privacy, secure Internet

Relevance. In the modern digital world, children are the most vulnerable audience in terms of consumed content, since their cognitive abilities and critical thinking skills are only in the formative stage. Ensuring information security in this category is an important task of the family, society and the state as a whole, whose policy should be aimed at eliminating (minimizing) threats to the spread of negative content on the Internet. Goal. The study of the theory and practice of ensuring the information security of children on the Internet for the creation of effective mechanisms to prevent the spread of destructive information. Methodology. The work is based on a variety of modern methods of cognition developed by science and tested by practice, including the comparative method, the system method, methods of analysis and synthesis. The main results. Based on a comprehensive analysis, the author concludes that it is necessary to develop a special legislative strategy to ensure the information security of children on the Internet, which should be based on the study and application of international experience and best foreign practices. In this strategy, it is necessary to unify the conceptual apparatus within the framework of the topic under consideration, to determine the features of the dissemination of information on the Internet, aimed at a children's audience, to form new compositions of offenses that can lead to the spread of destructive content on the Internet. Conclusion. The conducted research develops theoretical and practice-oriented provisions of information law and related branches of law on the issues of minimizing threats to the information security of children on the Internet in conditions of universal digitalization.

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