COMBATING CHILD PORNGRAPHY IN EU COUNTRIES

Abstract

The article examines the legislative framework, as well as the current state and prospects for expanding cooperation between the member states of the European Union in combating the most dangerous criminal crimes of a sexual nature against children. It is emphasized that the protection of children from sexual exploitation and the fight against the spread of child pornography are the subject of constant attention of the member states of the European Union, a conceptual analysis of the content of the fundamental international legal acts regulating the protection of children from sexual exploitation and sexual violence was carried out, attention was also focused on the steps on curbing the spread of child pornography using modern information technologies. Attention is focused on the need to improve the specified legal framework in the field of ensuring the information security of minors on the Internet.