Possibilities of Using Info-Communication Technologies in the Sphere of Counter-Terrorism
The purpose of this study is to explore the potential of information and communication technologies to counter terrorist threats, which are firmly entrenched in intimidating the population, influencing the minds of people, as well as creating an atmosphere of insecurity and vulnerability of the state and society. The situation is complicated by the fact that such a large-scale neural network is very difficult to subject to control by the state authorities for the presence of information harmful to the state, law and society. Is it any wonder that for many years this disadvantage has been used by criminals and criminal communities pursuing a variety of anti-social goals? Consequently, being aware of the existence of the problem it is necessary to solve it in some way. Since the security of citizens is guaranteed by the state, it is on the shoulders of its bodies and structures to find methods of combating terrorism, using the same information and communication technologies that allow tracing terrorists' communication channels, preventing terrorist acts, as well as using preventive measures to prevent the strengthening of negative attitudes. The aggravating circumstance is that today the majority of broadcast Internet content is beyond the control of law enforcement agencies of any country. Therefore, the main task facing the law enforcement agencies is to develop measures aimed at processing the information resource with terrorist overtones, attracting specialists to search for terrorists skillfully disguising themselves in almost all existing social networks. This should facilitate the fight against terrorism and accelerate the identification of adherents of a destructive ideology, as well as prevent their illegal activities. And to increase the effectiveness of counteraction to this phenomenon, it is necessary to learn to quickly process the large volume of information that appears on the network day after day; to find terrorists and communities associated with them on social networks before they have time to ruin another life with their propaganda.