The spread of legal responsibility for offenses on the Internet in the conditions of martial law in Ukraine

Abstract

The article examines the current state and development trends in the issue of the spread of legal responsibility for offenses on the Internet. It is relevant because our country lives in the conditions of a full-scale invasion of invaders and is constantly in conditions not only of military protection, but also in the field of protection in the information space. Continuous development and digitization of all areas of life require a clear system of protection of society and the individual, in particular, prevention and establishment of responsibility for the commission of relevant illegal acts.
 The article identifies the main shortcomings and suggests ways to solve problems in the issue of responsibility and violation of laws on the Internet. An analysis of the statistics of such crimes was carried out and conclusions were drawn that will help prevent them. The current state of social development is inextricably linked with trends in various spheres of human activity. Society becomes completely dependent on the information component. Today, without computer and network technologies, it is difficult to imagine the simplest tasks we face. Digitalization has not bypassed legal science either. Over the past 20 years, new legal norms regulating legal relations in the field of information technologies have appeared. Criminal and administrative laws have expanded the number of illegal acts on the Internet.
 At the same time, such trends reveal loopholes through which cybercriminals become unpunished even when their actions are openly illegal. Special units and structures are being created in many countries to combat cyber fraudsters. The impetus for the creation and improvement of the cybercrime countermeasure system was the signing of the "Cybercrime Convention" in 2001, which disclosed and explained the basic legal principles of such crimes and established the framework of legal responsibility for their violation. In Ukraine, the provisions of the Convention were ratified in 2005.