Criminal-legal counteraction to socially dangerous manifestations of subculture on the Internet

Introduction. One of the common forms of digital technology in the modern world is the social network. It received particular relevance as a specific communication form in the period of pandemic. Along with the undoubted advantages of this kind of interaction and communication that allows to limit direct contacts and, as a consequence, to fight against the spread of disease, the social network generates certain risks, including those associated with the manifestation of deviant behaviour. Manifestations of such deviant behaviour, including pranks and other variations thereof, are thrash-streams. Media information resources abound with examples of Internet broadcasts involving violence, insults, humiliation of human dignity, harm to life and health. Research Methods. The article presents a review and legal analysis of the legislator’s proposals on criminalisation of these negative phenomena that cause harm to social relations protected by criminal law. The author analyses the legal scholars’ proposals related to the changes in the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and aimed at combating such manifestations on the Internet.