THE INTERNET LEGAL REGULATION PROBLEMS AND THEIR CAUSES

Abstract

The paper deals with the fundamental problems of legal regulation of the Internet, namely: dissemination of extremist materials through the Internet; problems related to the protection of intellectual property rights on the Internet; problems of legal regulation of exclusive rights at the network address (domain name); protection of personal data; legal regulation of electronic commerce on the Internet; propaganda, illegal advertising of narcotics and psychotropic substances; unlawful dissemination of pornographic materials on the Internet; defamation on the Internet; fraud on the Internet (Internet begging, fraud associated with online stores, Web forgery, bollards, phishing). The author highlights the reasons why offenses on the Internet are developing particularly rapidly, as well as a number of reasons related to the complexity of the legal regulation of the Internet. The article notes the need to improve the legislation defining the legal status of the Internet, the rights and duties of its users, as well as responsibility for offenses committed on the Internet.