Abstract
Despite all its advantages, the information space is a huge public danger, since, in particular, it is used to commit offenses. Offenses committed in the information space are characterized by high latency, since law enforcement agencies do not have enough opportunities to investigate and disclose these crimes, since they can be committed on the territory of one country, while the location of the offender may be on the territory of a completely different country or continent. This article discusses the criminalization of the information space and the criminal activity of extremist groups in social networks. The relevance of this article lies in the fact that this article examines the problems that have appeared with the spread of social networks, and what kind of public danger they pose. Crimes committed through the use of the Internet are characterized by high latency and pose huge problems for law enforcement agencies. To combat Internet crime, States need to improve the technical support of their own law enforcement agencies.