THE PROBLEMS OF COLLECTING DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS OF CRIMES IN SOCIAL NETWORKS AND MESSENGERS
This article is devoted to the development of methodological approaches to detecting, record and seizure digital footprints of crimes from social networks and messengers. The article critically analyzes the norms of international and national legislation of the Russian Federation in the field of countering cybercrime and ensuring cybersecurity. On the basis of generalization, systematization and analysis of theoretical material and empirical data, the authors justify the expediency of amending the current version of the Code of Criminal Procedure due to the needs of investigative practices. Special attention is paid to the participation of a specialist in the production of investigative actions related to the collection of digital evidence from social networks and messengers.