An Attitude of Citizens to State Control Over the Internet Traffic
Year: 2018
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The problem of using Internet resources is becoming increasingly urgent. A world-widesystem of computers, local networks, servers, voluntarily joined together into onenetwork distributed across the planet, which serves to exchange information, has beencreated, and the question of regulating this network arises. This is a big social problem,and for this reason it is so widely and hotly debated around the world. In this regard,the purpose of this article is to analyze the attitude of citizens towards the state controlover Internet traffic in the 21st century. Research methods: The leading researchmethod is a survey conducted with residents of a metropolis, which allows consideringthis problem as a dynamic process. Results of the study: The article presents the resultsof the interviews and shows that the majority of users of Internet resources have anegative attitude towards the control of user Internet traffic by the state. The majorityof the population is not only not ready to pay the costs to communication companies,but is also ready to show civic activism in obstructing the functioning of the law. Therespondents indicated the following main objectives, which the state adheres to,controlling the users’ network traffic: preventing recruitment to prohibited terroristorganizations; prevention of acts of terrorism; drug trafficking prevention; receivinginformation about public opinion; prevention of illegal actions and rallies; receivinginformation about the activities of opposition parties; obtaining compromisingmaterials. Practical significance: The data obtained in the work can be used injurisprudence, practical psychology, as well as for further theoretical development ofthis issue.
DOI: 10.29333/ejac/102247
Authors: Roza Akhmadieva, Larissa Ignatova, Galina Bolkina, Andrey Soloviev, David Gagloev, Maria Korotkova, Valentina Burenina
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2904680752