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Highlighted victimological risk factors that lead to increased vulnerability of minors. The problem of online manipulation and its connection with extremist ideas and other types of destructive activity is outlined. The author identifies the main risk groups and analyzes the mechanisms of involving adolescents in destructive communities, provides forms of manipulation. The study proposes specific measures to prevent illegal influence on minors through digital online communication, and provides some examples. The need for continuous improvement of the activities of law enforcement officers in a real situation using modern technologies is substantiated. The article emphasizes that only coordinated interaction between the state, educational organizations, families and public institutions can ensure maximum protection of the rights and legitimate interests of the younger generation in the digital age. The study is based on modern theoretical and empirical data, offering a comprehensive approach to protecting the interests of minors in the virtual space.
minors, teenagers, the Internet, social networks, messengers, digital communications, extremism, cyberbullying, destructive communities, manipulation, victimological prevention, social advertising, information hygiene, digital literacy
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