The Concept of Illegal Content on the Internet

  • O. Tarasenko

    Ph.D in Law, Associate Professor of the Department of Operative and Searching Activity of the National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine

Keywords: illegal content, Internet, information, crime, site, dissemination

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of information in the information space (content) that has become not only the possession of knowledge, data storage and transmission, but a a peculiar influence on the person`s consciousness. It depends on its content, what effect does it make on the person’s consciousness. The content that is spreading in the information space today is a global informational threat and has a detrimental effect on the moral, physical, psychological, social and cultural aspects of people’s lives, especially young people. The information in the information space has become not only the possession of knowledge, the preservation and transmission of data, but is a unique means of influencing the consciousness of the individual. In legal literature there are such types of content that violates legal provisions: dangerous, illegal, unlawful, prohibited. It is proved that the most complete term that reflects illegal actions is illegal content. It is noted that the danger of illegal content is to distribute its content as a non-target audience, and it may be directed to a separate group or user, and also hidden, with modified text, but in a language that is understandable to the consumer of this content. On the basis of the author’s research, author’s definition of the concept of illegal content on the Internet is determined. The concept of illegal content is a dissemination of information in the Internet, the liability is provided for criminal law. It was investigated that information in the information space (content) has become not only the possession of knowledge, the preservation and transmission of data, but a kind of influence on the consciousness of the individual. From this contents depends the influence on the human consciousness.

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Author Biography

O. Tarasenko

Ph.D in Law, Associate Professor of the Department of Operative and Searching Activity of the National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine


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Published
2018-06-27
How to Cite
[1]
Tarasenko, O. 2018. The Concept of Illegal Content on the Internet. Law Magazine of the National Academy of Internal Affairs. 15, 1 (Jun. 2018), 61-70.
Section
Combating crimes: theory and practice