Vitalii Karpovich

The paper analyzes the legal regulation of the information space of states in the field of countering terrorism and extremism as the most pressing problems of the global society. The essential basis of the study is the comparative characteristics of the legislation of the member states and candidates for EU membership, as well as the countries of the Muslim legal family in the information space. Using the example of States with the most effective regulatory framework, the need for comprehensive and progressive control of the information space as a means of preventing and countering a set of terrorist and extremist threats is demonstrated. Meanwhile, the facts of a decrease in the level of security in the States currently affected by such threats are also taken into account. Particular attention is paid to the experience of such states as Monaco, Turkey, France, Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The authors substantiate the polysystemic nature of international cooperation in the fight against terrorism and extremism in the information space, as well as put forward a classification of countries depending on the chosen criminological approach to countering terrorist and extremist threats in the information space.