IMPACT OF VIRTUAL INFORMATION ON SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY

Abstract

The article discusses the concept of information and its importance today, the use of information in Uzbekistan and the world, the measures taken to ensure information security. In this regard, the fact that virtual information poses a direct threat to the socio-political processes of society is also covered in detail. Places where the virtual threats are reflected and ways to eliminate them have been revealed. The article illustrates how effective the virtual world and virtual communication have become for individuals and society. It is emphasized that several terms (virtual life, virtual family, and virtual love) have emerged in connection with the word virtual, which has become popular. We know that the information spread on the Internet today, in addition to its positive significance, also reflects the negative. In particular, the growing amount of negative information spread on social networks such as YouTube, Facebook, Telegram, WhatsApp creates the need to address the problems in this area. The growing distortion of information about positive changes in society among young people through the Internet, especially the anonymous penetration of religious fanaticism into their worldview, underscores the importance of studying and preventing this problem. The body part of the article focuses on the use of the opportunities of the virtual world in the spread of religious, extremist ideas. In this regard, the fact that the terrorist and extremist groups have not left indifferent to the considerable influence of social networks and Internet sites and their activeness in using these tools are shown in the example of ISIS. To conclude, the article provides suggestions and recommendations on the need to protect future generations from the threats of the virtual world