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The security of society in connection with the increasing global informatization is changing in different directions and ambiguously: increasing in some aspects, it is significantly reduced in others. In particular, since the 1990s the active use of the Internet information network by terrorist and extremist organizations represents a real threat for many countries of the world, including the Russian Federation. The main methods of using the capabilities of information networks in extremist and terrorist activities are the promotion of this activity, the recruitment of new participants, and the communication of participants in this activity. The actualization of the problems of countering the use of information networks in extremist and terrorist activities led to the adoption in 2013–2014 a number of federal laws that significantly improve state control over the use of the Internet and promptly suppress its use for extremist and terrorist activities. The main practical problems are lack of special information and analytical support and a shortage of police officers with special knowledge and skills in information networks. First of all, it is necessary to implement automated systems for searching and monitoring sites on the Internet, the development of which is actively engaged in Roskomnadzor.
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Latov, Y., Grishchenko, L., Gaponenko, V., Vasiliev, F. (2019). Mechanisms of Countering the Dissemination of Extremist Materials on the Internet. In: Kravets, A. (eds) Big Data-driven World: Legislation Issues and Control Technologies. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, vol 181. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01358-5_14
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