THE NEED FOR LEGAL REGULATION OF SOCIAL NETWORKS

Today 67% of the world’s population, about 80% of Uzbek people actively use the Internet, in particular social networks. Various legal relationships arise through social networks – e-commerce, information exchange, etc. Unfortunately, there are also cases of violations of human rights and freedoms. This article critically analyzes the norms of international acts and national legislation concerning the regulation of virtual relationships and social networks. The main purpose of the article is to improve legislation by taking advanced standards into account. Methods of critical analysis, comparative legal analysis, and statistical data study were used as research methods. Taking the analysis into account, it was revealed that in order to effectively regulate virtual relations arising in social networks, it is necessary to consolidate the freedom of Internet use in the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan, clarify the legal status of bloggers, introduce a mechanism to restrict the use of social networks only in court. Based on the results of the study, conclusions were drawn about the importance of ensuring the protection of individual rights and freedoms in social networks. These conclusions can be used in the development of regulatory legal acts aimed at regulating the national segment of the Internet in the Republic of Uzbekistan, including social networks, improving the practice of ensuring information security in the social network. The results of the study allow us to enrich the theoretical foundations of the use of contractual legal instruments in the regulation of relations in social networks.