Socialoriented and Popular Resources of Network Are the Internet in Informative War Against Ukraine

Abstract

In the article technologies of the use of the socialoriented and popular resources of network are examined the Internet in informative war against Ukraine. The concept of informative war, problem of the use of social networks of the Internet, in harm informative safety of Ukraine and ways of counteraction these threats open up. In the 21st century, the creation of a single information space that allows it to develop faster has become positive for humanity. However, the creation of an information society also leads to negative manifestations that give rise to such a concept as information warfare. The main purpose of information warfare is to weaken the moral and material forces of the enemy and strengthen their own, disrupt the exchange of information of the competitor. The main task of information wars is to manipulate the masses. The rapid development of information technology allows more effective information and psychological impact on the mass consciousness. The Internet space with its social networks has become a new platform for information wars. Socially oriented and publicly available Internet resources in the Joint Forces Operation zone are characterized by the dominance of pro-Russian propaganda in the liberated and temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, and the active use of Internet social networks to the detriment of Ukraine’s information security. Their main tasks are to disseminate destructive information aimed at destabilizing the situation in eastern Ukraine. Russia is waging an information war against Ukraine, which has a negative impact on the formation of Ukraine’s image in the international arena. The implementation of strategic priorities and basic principles and tasks of the state information policy of Ukraine requires the improvement of organizational and legal mechanisms of information security management, intellectual and personnel and resource support.